TY - JOUR
T1 - What's so insidious about Peace, Love, and Understanding? A system justification perspective
AU - Jost, John T.
AU - Stern, Chadly
AU - Kalkstein, David A.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - We agree that promoting intergroup harmony carries insidious, often unacknowledged, system-justifying consequences (sect. 4.1.3, para. 2) and identify several ways in which benevolent and complementary stereotypes, superordinate identification, intergroup contact, and prejudice reduction techniques can undermine social change motivation by reinforcing system-justifying beliefs. This may keep the peace, but it also prevents individuals and groups from tackling serious social problems, including inequality and oppression.
AB - We agree that promoting intergroup harmony carries insidious, often unacknowledged, system-justifying consequences (sect. 4.1.3, para. 2) and identify several ways in which benevolent and complementary stereotypes, superordinate identification, intergroup contact, and prejudice reduction techniques can undermine social change motivation by reinforcing system-justifying beliefs. This may keep the peace, but it also prevents individuals and groups from tackling serious social problems, including inequality and oppression.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X12001252
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X12001252
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23163966
AN - SCOPUS:84870916304
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 35
SP - 438
EP - 439
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 6
ER -