New insights into large-group psychology and social conflict have emerged as a result of the important ideas of Professor Vamik Volkan who conducted fieldwork in regions of war and unrest around the ...

Almost all human beings have one or more social group identities. Probably the oldest social group identity we humans had was our tribal group. These groups lasted for many centuries, but eventually ...

On Dec. 18, Argentina defeated France after penalties in what some have called the greatest World Cup final ever. For one month the attention of soccer fans from Brazil to Morocco was devoted to their ...

Social scientists believe they know why America has become so divided along political lines. “The human brain, in many circumstances, is more suited to tribalism and conflict than to civility and ...

In the summer of 1954, 22 boys were divided into two bunkhouses at Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma. Over the following three weeks, they formed separate friendships and identities—The Eagles and ...