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 ...

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 ...

Identity Evropa, a racist group whose propaganda war in Colorado last summer ramped up in December with a disturbing call to “DEFEND THE ROCKIES,” is dead, at least officially. The organization has ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Identity politics is pulling modern democracy apart. There is something insatiable about the recognition we ...

Humans, like other primates, are tribal animals. We need to belong to groups, which is why we love clubs and teams. Once people connect with a group, their identities can become powerfully bound to it ...