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The politics of moving beyond prejudice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

Caroline Howarth ,
Wolfgang Wagner ,
Shose Kessi  and
Ragini Sen
Caroline Howarth
Affiliation:
Institute of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom. c.s.howarth@lse.ac.ukhttp://www2.lse.ac.uk/socialPsychology/faculty/caroline_howarth/Home.aspx
Wolfgang Wagner
Affiliation:
Institute of Education and Psychology, Johannes Kepler University, 4040 Linz, Austria. w.wagner@jku.athttp://www.swp.jku.at/team/wagner Dept de Psicología Social, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastián, Spain. w.wagner@jku.athttp://www.swp.jku.at/team/wagner
Shose Kessi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa. shose.kessi@uct.ac.za
Ragini Sen
Affiliation:
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India, 110021. raginisen2011@gmail.com
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Abstract

Dixon et al. have highlighted the importance of a political conceptualisation of intergroup relations that challenges individualising models of social change. As important as this paper is for the development of critical debates in psychology, we can detect at least three issues that warrant further discussion: (a) the cultural and historical conditions of structural inequality and its perception, (b) the marginalisation of post-colonial works on collective mobilisation, and (c) acknowledging the complex perspectives and politics of those targeted by prejudice.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 437 - 438
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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