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Tag: hate series

  • Resources For Moving Forward And Best Wishes For The New Year

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    To peace-makers everywhere, we extend our best wishes for the new year. Here also, following up on our previous posts about Ferguson, MO, are some additional resources that may be of use to those who looking for ways to address, and ultimately heal, the racial divides in our community. John Backman wrote an excellent summary…

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  • Responding to Hate – Summary

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    Over the last several weeks we have discussed Robert Sternberg’s taxonomy of hate and how it might be used to plan and facilitate civic discourse in ways that build rather than divide communities. Here is a brief summary of the base forms of hate identified in the taxonomy. Cool hate is characterized by feelings of…

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  • Responding to Hate – Stories of Wisdom

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    Continuing our series of posts on dealing with dialogue in hard cases and Robert Sternberg’s taxonomy of hate, we discuss below the “Story of Wisdom” pattern that Sternberg identified as an antidote to hate.  “Stories of Wisdom”  are narratives that emphasize interdependence, identification of a common good, acceptance and tolerance.  They also focus forward, and…

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  • The Taxonomy of Hate – Combined Forms

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    Over the last few weeks we have been discussing dialogue in hard cases, and reviewing  the Sternberg taxonomy of hate.   Each of the base forms discussed in the last three weeks, Cool Hate, Hot Hate, and Cold Hate, combine with the others to form the remaining entries in the taxonomy.  Each is more serious and…

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  • The Taxonomy of Hate – Cold Hate

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    This week we continue our discussion on dealing with the hard cases utilizing Sternberg’s taxonomy of hate.  The third entry in Sternberg’s taxonomy is Cold Hate.  This is the cognitive form of hate.  “Cognitive” refers to ways in which we have learned to process, retain and evaluate information we receive.  Cold Hate shapes an individual’s…

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