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Meanings of Violence Cohen and Vandello What will article be about? Empirically: a "culture of violence" in the American South "In the South, insults have very serious meanings, and they must occasionally be

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“Meanings of Violence”

Cohen and Vandello

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What will article be about?

  • Empirically:

– a "culture of violence" in the American South

"In the South, insults have very serious meanings, and they must occasionally be answered with violence. This has been true historically, and as we will try to show, it is still true today" (67.8).

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What will article be about?

  • Theoretically:

– Relationship btwn ideas about honor and violence – as a way to understand – violent cultures.

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Main Points

  • Southern meaning of insult different
  • Behavioral rituals accommodate this meaning
  • Structures and systems perpetuate meanings
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Region Patterns

  • f Violence

Meaning

  • f Insult

Behaviors

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Survey Says…

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Is Violence OK Punch a drunk who insults your wife? Shoot man who assaulted your daughter? Percent Saying Yes North South

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“Historical” Psychology Story

  • Early settlers of South from “Celtic fringe”*
  • Primary livelihood from open-range herding

– Constant need for vigilance

  • Culture of honor/violence
  • Elevation of family/kin ties
  • Rejection of external control

* McWhiney, Grady. 1989. Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South Doesn’t that sound like something I said? Means Style

  • f

→

  • f

livelihood Thinking?

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Hobbesian Story

  • At frontier, can’t depend on law/government
  • Depend on Self defense

Weak State Self Defense

OR OR

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Rituals of Testing Self Defense

OR OR

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The Shoe

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“Culture of Honor”

  • Insult reduces one’s social standing
  • Violence can restore social standing
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But Why Does It Persist?

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Experimental Evidence

Northerners

Anger Amused

Southerners

  • 2. Insulted Southerners more likely to write narrative with violence
  • 3. Insulted Southerners more aggressive in subsequent interactions

1.

  • 4. Different physiological reactions to insult
  • 5. Insulted Southerners assumed witnesses think less of them.
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Violence and Politeness

Meaning Violence Avoidance (Politeness) Threat of Violence

Anger Politeness Hidden Hostility Bad Info

  • Actual feelings
  • Tolerance levels
  • Intentions
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Violence and Politeness

Threat of Violence

Politeness

+ +

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Conflict Resolution

  • Insulted
  • Blow up
  • Apology
  • Forgive
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Institutions

Culture of Honor Individual Mindset “Collective Representations” “Stand your ground” laws Gun Control/Rights Military “Hawkism” Media Spin Study Job App Study

(“we understand”)

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Social Organization

Community/Family Stability Level of Conflict

Conventional Theory: Social Disorder →Violence

Community/Family Stability Level of Conflict

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  • NORTH

SOUTH

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Fleck

  • Not that Southerners endorse violence
  • Participation in thought community changes

what is “violence”

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What Would You Add to Diagram?

Region Patterns

  • f Violence

Meaning

  • f Insult

Behaviors