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Meanings of Violence Cohen and Vandello What will article be about? Empirically: a "culture of violence" in the American South "In the South, insults have very serious meanings, and they must occasionally be

  1. “Meanings of Violence” Cohen and Vandello

  2. What will article be about? • Empirically: – a "culture of violence" in the American South "In the South, insults have very serious meanings, and they must occasionally be answered with violence. This has been true historically, and as we will try to show, it is still true today" (67.8).

  3. What will article be about? • Theoretically: – Relationship btwn ideas about honor and violence – as a way to understand – violent cultures.

  4. Main Points • Southern meaning of insult different • Behavioral rituals accommodate this meaning • Structures and systems perpetuate meanings

  5. Patterns Region of Violence Meaning Behaviors of Insult

  6. Survey Says… 50 45 40 Percent Saying Yes 35 30 25 North 20 South 15 10 5 0 Is Violence OK Punch a drunk who Shoot man who insults your wife? assaulted your daughter?

  7. “Historical” Psychology Story • Early settlers of South from “Celtic fringe”* Doesn’t that sound like something I said? • Primary livelihood from open-range herding Means Style – Constant need for vigilance → of of  Culture of honor/violence livelihood Thinking?  Elevation of family/kin ties  Rejection of external control * McWhiney, Grady. 1989. Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South

  8. Hobbesian Story • At frontier, can’t depend on law/government • Depend on Self defense Weak State Self Defense OR OR

  9. Rituals of Testing Self Defense OR OR

  11. The Shoe

  12. “Culture of Honor” • Insult reduces one’s social standing • Violence can restore social standing

  13. But Why Does It Persist?

  14. Experimental Evidence Northerners Southerners Anger 1. Amused 2. Insulted Southerners more likely to write narrative with violence 3. Insulted Southerners more aggressive in subsequent interactions 4. Different physiological reactions to insult 5. Insulted Southerners assumed witnesses think less of them.

  15. Violence and Politeness Violence Threat of Meaning Avoidance Violence (Politeness) Bad Info Hidden Actual feelings • Anger Politeness Hostility Tolerance levels • Intentions •

  16. Violence and Politeness Threat of Violence + + Politeness

  17. Conflict Resolution • Insulted • Blow up • Apology • Forgive

  18. Institutions Culture of Honor Individual Mindset “Collective Representations” “Stand your Job App Study Gun Military Media ground” laws (“we understand”) Control/Rights “Hawkism” Spin Study

  19. Social Organization Conventional Theory: Social Disorder → Violence NORTH - Community/Family Level of Conflict Stability SOUTH + Community/Family Level of Conflict Stability

  20. Fleck • Not that Southerners endorse violence • Participation in thought community changes what is “violence”

  21. What Would You Add to Diagram? Patterns Region of Violence Meaning Behaviors of Insult

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