"Psychologists for peace" - Open letter on the war in Ukraine
Veröffentlicht am 11. März 2022, 19:33 Uhr
Open letter to the President of the Russian Federation Wladimir Putin.
"We are contacting you to share with you our academic and practical knowledge about the consequences of initiating a war for the instigator, and to offer a glimpse of a possible way out of such a perilous situation. We believe that we can all agree about the sad and dramatic consequences that war has for innocent citizens in the countries involved, as well as for soldiers conducting it: physical injury, psychological trauma, death. Despite that, for political leaders the instigation of a violent fight with external forces often offers the attractive perspective that such a situation of insecurity and feelings of threat increases one’s own citizens' national identification (Sherif et al., 1961) and admiration for a powerful leader. Such effects of increased national identification and leader admiration are, however, of a short-term nature: They are usually then replaced by mid to-long-term negative effects for political leaders who are perceived to be responsible for the war."
You can find the full open letter here.
"We are contacting you to share with you our academic and practical knowledge about the consequences of initiating a war for the instigator, and to offer a glimpse of a possible way out of such a perilous situation. We believe that we can all agree about the sad and dramatic consequences that war has for innocent citizens in the countries involved, as well as for soldiers conducting it: physical injury, psychological trauma, death. Despite that, for political leaders the instigation of a violent fight with external forces often offers the attractive perspective that such a situation of insecurity and feelings of threat increases one’s own citizens' national identification (Sherif et al., 1961) and admiration for a powerful leader. Such effects of increased national identification and leader admiration are, however, of a short-term nature: They are usually then replaced by mid to-long-term negative effects for political leaders who are perceived to be responsible for the war."
You can find the full open letter here.
Gesendet von ECastro Rodriguez
in Allgemein
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