Understanding Symbols of Division in Post-conflict Northern Ireland

摘要: This chapter seeks to explore how division in Northern Ireland is perpetuated through contrasting narratives, which support differing views of key historical events. These group based explanations serve boost the social identity members by making them feel better about their own at expense out-group. From perspective theory (SIT; Tajfel and Turner, The psychology intergroup relations, Nelson-Hall, Chicago, 1979) attributional biases may be interpreted as a reflection attempt achieve maintain positive identity.