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Subject: Stockholm Lecture on Contagion Psychology of Mass Conflict
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With interest raised by the contagion psychology chapter in Robert
Sternberg's 2002 book The Evolution of Intelligence, Swedish Defence
Research Agency arranged a seminar on thought contagions in mass conflict
at their Stockholm headquarters on September 5 and 6 of 2002. The two-day
event produced a paper titled "Thought Contagion in the Dynamics of Mass
Conflict," which is now online at
http://www.thoughtcontagion.com/conflict.htm.
Abstract:
The evolutionary contagion of self-spreading ideas, or thought contagions,
is introduced and applied to major topics in conflict dynamics. Beliefs are
found to self-propagate by some surprising means, such as inducing
evangelism, by manipulating imitation rates, by intimidating adherents of
alternative ideas into silence, by refutation resistance, and by deterring
dropouts. Even fairly subtle differences in the transmissivity,
receptivity, and longevity of ideas may compound into large and intense
ideological movements. Examples are found in religious warfare, Nazism,
terrorism, US unilateralism, and the ideologies behind the September 11,
2001 event. The effect of thought contagions on the proliferation and
possible use of nuclear weapons is also discussed. The paper concludes that
thought contagion analysis offers important new insights into the dynamics
of mass conflict, as well as potential strategies in reducing mass conflict.
Section Headings:
Introduction
Imitation, Intimidation, and Inculcation
The Nazi Thought Contagion
Religious Extremism
The Arab Israeli Conflict
The September 11 Event
Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
Notes
References
Acknowledgement
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With interest raised by the contagion psychology chapter in Robert
Sternberg’s 2002 book <i>The Evolution of Intelligence</i>, Swedish
Defence Research Agency arranged a seminar on thought contagions in mass
conflict at their Stockholm headquarters on September 5 and 6 of 2002.
The two-day event produced a paper titled “Thought Contagion in the
Dynamics of Mass Conflict,” which is now online at
<a href="http://www.thoughtcontagion.com/conflict.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.thoughtcontagion.com/conflict.htm>.
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>Abstract:<br>
</b>The evolutionary contagion of self-spreading ideas, or thought
contagions, is introduced and applied to major topics in conflict
dynamics. Beliefs are found to self-propagate by some surprising means,
such as inducing evangelism, by manipulating imitation rates, by
intimidating adherents of alternative ideas into silence, by refutation
resistance, and by deterring dropouts. Even fairly subtle differences in
the transmissivity, receptivity, and longevity of ideas may compound into
large and intense ideological movements. Examples are found in religious
warfare, Nazism, terrorism, US unilateralism, and the ideologies behind
the September 11, 2001 event. The effect of thought contagions on the
proliferation and possible use of nuclear weapons is also discussed. The
paper concludes that thought contagion analysis offers important new
insights into the dynamics of mass conflict, as well as potential
strategies in reducing mass conflict.<br><br>
<b>Section Headings:<br>
</b>Introduction<br>
Imitation, Intimidation, and Inculcation<br>
The Nazi Thought Contagion<br>
Religious Extremism<br>
The Arab Israeli Conflict<br>
The September 11 Event<br>
Nuclear Weapons Proliferation<br>
Notes<br>
References<br>
Acknowledgement<br>
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