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Unformatted text preview: Opposites of politics • Pluralism (overlapping memberships, competing interests) • Communalism (political identity defined exclusively by ethnicity, religion, language) Little interaction between religious groups in Romania Historical Memories • Used to understand yourself in context • Stories passed along from generation to generation • Provide identity and unity for the ethnic or national group Common Memories • Positive: Enforce feelings of commitment to the group • Negative: Enforce feelings of alienation from other groups Anti-Politics • Eschewing cooperative forms of behavior. Lack of compromising and problem solving • Getting even and nursing a grudge • A politics of violence A Politics of Forgiveness • Politics of accommodation and forgetting • Common interests- better to live in community that in a state of war • Not cynicism but participation...
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- Spring '07
- human relationships Activities, Possible Conflicting interests, Moderated conflict Agreement