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Daniel Rothbart

Daniel Rothbart
Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution; Co-Director, Program for the Prevention of Mass Violence

Ph.D., Philosophy, Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
M.A., Philosophy, State University of New York at Binghamton

Biography

Daniel Rothbart is professor of conflict analysis and resolution at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. Professor Rothbart specializes in identity-based conflicts, civilians in war and emotions and conflict. He serves as the co-director of the Program on Prevention of Mass Violence. He also chairs the Sudan Task Group, an organization that seeks to build long-term peace in this East African country. His academic writings include more than fifty articles and book chapters in scholarly journals and volumes. His recent publications in conflict analysis and resolution include the following books: Identity, Morality, and Threat: Studies in Violent Conflict (co-edited), Why They Die: Civilian Devastation in Violent Conflict (co-authored), Civilians and Modern War: Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence, (co-edited), and Violent Conflict and Peacebuilding: The Continuing Crisis in Darfur, (co-authored). He is currently exploring the power of moral emotions—shame, humiliation, dignity, pride—as central to protracted conflicts or to their resolution.

After earning his Ph. D. in philosophy of science from Washington University, St. Louis, Dr. Rothbart was a visiting research scholar at Linacre College, Oxford, at Dartmouth College, and at University of Cambridge.
 

 



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Board of Trustees Appointment to World Peace and Reconciliation
Daniel Rothbart was appointed to the Board of Trustees of World Peace and Reconciliation, an NGO committed to peace education in Africa.
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Analyzes theoretical basis undergirding methods of research in conflict resolution. Explores how theory is built...
A philosophical inquiry into the history and structure of...
These 1- and 2-credit courses are scheduled non-conventionally using weekends, concentrated presentations, and intersession periods to develop...
Students explore the normative dimensions of analysis and resolution of conflicts. This includes issues regarding what is just and unjust, morally...
Provides framework for integrating theory and practice in conflict resolution. Reviews types of practice and theories...
Topics vary; they are announced each academic year.
Introduces students to the philosophies behind social science research and the methods for conducting research in the field of conflict resolution...
Examines major theories of conflict causation and motivation. Emphasizes need for theories to inform processes of conflict resolution. Weaves...
This foundation course is 6 credits and has two classes a week.Introduces field of conflict analysis and resolution. Examines definitions...
Introduces field of conflict analysis and resolution. Examines definitions of conflict and diverse views of its...
Capstone course in which students reflect on what they have learned, integrating knowledge from course work and...
Examines selected topics relating to analysis or resolution of conflict. Topics vary but may include historical...
Examines causes, sources, and origins of  group violence with particular attention to group violence of...
Covers deeply rooted, intractable, or protracted social conflicts around core issues of identity, including race,...
Introduces social science research methods at undergraduate level. Covers basic epistemology of social research,...
Through this course students will utilize critical thinking and analytical skills to begin an in-depth examination of the major theories of...
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March 2017
In certain societies that promote extreme social inequalities, a group of dominant elites deploys instruments designed to control marginalized group members through propaganda, by diminishing their self-worth, and by instilling a sense of being unworthy of the...
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October 27, 2016
In 1994 a wave of mass killings swept through the small country of Rwanda—Hutu extremists orchestrating a campaign of extermination against Tutsis. But an unknown number of Hutu civilians resisted demands by the state military and local militias to deliver...
Category: Journal Article
January 01, 2016
Chapter 15: Causality and Protracted Violent Conflicts: The Case of Internally Displaced Persons” p. 239-257 in Scientific Explorations of Cause and Consequence across Social Contexts, Ron Harre and Fathail Moghaddan (eds.) Praeger, California.
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June 28, 2012
This book examines the continuing devastation in the Darfur region of Sudan, from the perspective of a multiplicity of conflicts of distinct types.The crisis reached its peak in 2003–2004, when certain Arab militias joined forces with the Sudan armed forces...
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March 26, 2012
This book explores the issue of civilian devastation in modern warfare, focusing on the complex processes that effectively establish civilians’ identity in times of war.Underpinning the physicality of war’s tumult are structural forces that create...
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March 26, 2012
The enormous body of literature on the militarism of nations centers on the tumultuous encounters of martial forces, the political events preced­ing such encounters, and the cessation of hostilities with victory declared by one side. In recent years, scholars...
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March 26, 2012
In Chapter 6 “The politics of civilian identity” Daniel Rothbart exam­ines how the category of civilians in war is subject to various institutional influences from three domains of modern warfare—international law, mil­itary strategies,...
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March 26, 2012
Can the plight of civilians in war be improved? Can martial forces adopt and implement policies that transcend parochial national interests and that override the polarizing militaristic framing of war—victory/defeat, allies/enemy, costs/benefits? Can the...
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February 28, 2011
Why do civilians suffer most during times of violent conflict? Why are civilian fatalities as much as eight times higher, calculated globally for current conflicts, than military fatalities? In Why They Die, Daniel Rothbart and Karina V. Korostelina address these...
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July 2009
This article examines the socio-psychological mechanisms that guided decisions of the Israeli leadership to attack the civilian infrastructure during the Lebanon war in 2006. Based on reports by the Israeli governmental commission for the war, known as the...
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September 09, 2008
The enormous surge in identity-based conflict has captivated world attention with a new sense of urgency to explain how cycle of violence are fueled by notions of identity and difference. Familiar models of nations-states at war fail to explain the character of...
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September 09, 2008
The scale of devastation of the innocents, caught violent conflicts throughout the world, is increasing. This is not incidental to the nature of identity conflicts. In today’s violent conflicts the innocents die in far greater numbers than do military...
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November 9, 2007
In cases of protracted social conflict, each protagonist group proclaims their cause to be just, their actions virtuous, and their sacrifices necessary. Over time, such declarations instill and solidify a system of normative positioning that orients one group...
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November 09, 2007
Positioning theory is the study of the nature, formation, influence and ways of change of local systems of rights and duties as shared assumptions about them influence small scale interactions. Evolving from linguistics origins, the theory concerns conventions...
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2007
In Philosophical Instruments Daniel Rothbart argues that our tools are not just neutral intermediaries between humans and the natural world, but are devices that demand new ideas about reality. Just as a hunter's new spear can change their knowledge of the...
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November 2006
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November 2006
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October 26, 2006
Identity, Morality, and Threat offers a critical examination of the social psychological processes that generate outgroup devaluation and ingroup glorification as the source of conflict. Dr. Daniel Rothbart and Dr. Karina Korostelina bring together essays...
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October 26, 2006
  
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May 28, 2004
Edited by Daniel Rothbart of George Mason University in Virginia, this book is a collection of Rom Harré's work on modeling in science (particularly physics and psychology). In over 28 authored books and 240 articles and book chapters, Rom Harre of Georgetown...
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March 01, 2002
Contrary to the assumptions of empiricist philosophies of science, the theory-laden character of data will not imply the inherent failure (subjectivity, circularity, or rationalization) of instruments to expose nature's secrets. The success of instruments is...
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September 01, 1998
Although Popper rarely examined the "life of the laboratory" (Latour's phrase), some of his epistemic doctrines reveal important themes about knowledge-acquisition in the laboratory sciences. In particular, when modern instruments are needed for...
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March 01, 1997
This study explains scientific progress through analogical cross-fertilization of ideas between distinct physical systems. In many cases, progress can be generatedfrom a radically new juxtaposition of apparently incongruous physical systems.
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April 20, 2017
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October 19, 2016
Since its independence in 1956, Sudan has been ravaged by war. For residents of the western-most state in the country,
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September 24, 2014
Two S-CAR faculty members, Daniel Rothbart and Sudha Rajput, traveled to Khartoum, Sudan to facilitate a one-day
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February 06, 2014
The dominant theme for this year’s Point of View confer­ence, which will be held on the Arlington Campus in
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October 17, 2012
Dr. Rothbart, a Professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, speaking to Adeeb Yusif about the current
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August 15, 2011
Daniel Rothbart. Photo courtesy of Daniel RothbartThe saying “war is hell” is especially true for civilians
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March 2011
After all the parades, the patriotic tributes, and the media portrayals that enshrine familiar virtues while maligning
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November 2009
The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) is actively engaged in peacebuilding efforts in response to
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April 01, 2009
Caught in the wake of martial forces, civilians live a strange kind of existence. Cast as objects defined only in their
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December 01, 2008
In his victory speech on November 4, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama appealed to our best selves, reminding us of an
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America’s Human Rights EmergencyRoundtable DiscussionWednesday, April 5, 20175:00pm - 8:00pmMetropolitan Building, room 5183Keynote Speakers                                         
April 05, 2017
Dissertation Defense - Bernard LondoniUnderstanding the longstanding conflict between the Banyamulenge and "indigenous" tribes in Eastern DRC: Why do neighbors fail to coexist?Monday, April 3, 20171:30pm - 3:30pmMetropolitan building 5183Arlington Campus Committee:      
April 03, 2017
Dissertation Defense - Gul Mescioglu GurConflict, History, and Minority Memory: The Case of the Greek-Orthodox Minorities in Istanbul and the Turkish-Muslim Minorities in Western ThraceMonday, March 27, 20171:30pm - 3:30pmMetropolitan Building 5183Committee: Prof. Karina Korostelina (Chair)Prof.
March 27, 2017
Tainted Heroes: Documentary about ANC violenceFilm Screening followed with Q&A with Production CrewWednesday, March 22, 20177:00pm - 9:30pmMetropolitan building, room 5183 The Africa Working Group (AWG) invites you to a film screening on the formation of the South African's African
March 22, 2017
Dissertation Proposal Defense - Claudine KuradusengeFight against Labels, Fight for Self: The Exploration of Social Categorization on Diasporic Political ParticipationFriday, February 17, 201710:00AM - 12:00PMMetropolitan Building, Room 5183Arlington Campus Committee Members:Dr. Karina Korostelina
February 17, 2017
Working Group on the Prevention of Mass ViolenceMonday, November 21, 6:15Metropolitan building, room 5145.Our working group on the prevention of mass violence is moving forward with a project to showcase the lesser-known foot soldiers for peace. This project offers an opportunity to work as a team
November 21, 2016
Working Group on the Prevention of Mass ViolenceMonday, November 14, 6:15PM Metropolitan building, Room 5145You are invited to join this newly formed working group on the prevention of mass violence, which is an area of primary importance in our field. For this working group, students will
November 14, 2016
THREE DECADES OF ECONOMIC COLLAPSE –THE NEXUS OF POWER LEGITIMACY AND INSTITUTIONS FRAMED BY COLLECTIVE IDENTITY POLITICS THE CASE OF ZIMBABWE 1980-2010Wednesday, November 94:00pm-6:00pmMetropolitan Building Room 5183Committee Members:Dr. Karina Korostelina (Chair)Dr. Daniel RothbartDr. John
November 09, 2016
Dissertation Defense - Thanos GatsiasExploring Popular Responses to Attempted Changes in the Dominant Discourse: The Case of the 6th Grade History Textbook Revision in GreeceTuesday November 8th, 20163pm to 5pmMetropolitan Building, Room 5183School for Conflict Analysis & ResolutionArlington
November 08, 2016
This project will explore the heretofore-untold experiences of, and roles undertaken by Kindergarten and First-grade African American students in desegregating Catholic schools in New Orleans. In so doing, these, the youngest students, were agents in pushing the institution in a different direction
August 31, 2016
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The study seeks to develop a comparative approach that will help to understand the plight of the victims of human rights abuses during periods of unconstitutional (military) rule and how they develop principled ways to “live with perpetrators” in West Africa. During conflict resolution
March 08, 2017
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