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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Atrocity, Mundanity and Mental State</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Bostock, William W.</span> (2002) <xhtml:em>Atrocity, Mundanity and Mental State.</xhtml:em> Journal of Mundane Behavior, 3 (3). ISSN 1529-3041</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/902/2/Atrocity.doc"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_postscript.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/902/2/Atrocity.doc"><span class="ep_document_citation">Postscript</span></a> - Requires a viewer, such as <a href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/index.htm">GSview</a><br />120Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.mundanebehavior.org/issues/v3n3/bostock.htm">http://www.mundanebehavior.org/issues/v3n3/bostock.htm</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Abstract: The paper explores the idea that atrocity is an attack on mundanity causing and caused by disturbance to collective mental states. Atrocity caused by a disturbed individual acting alone could be the result of a desire to disrupt the mundanity of others because of a perception offence. Shocking though these isolated individual acts are, they have no political repercussion. Another type of atrocity is the organised group atrocity carried out for political objectives. In this case, there will be severe and long-term repercussions, and in extreme cases, they can even escalate to war. Again perceptions and moods are present, but in this case they will be shared collectively. As collective mental disturbance is becoming globalized, it can be assumed that atrocity and war will continue. After reviewing current thinking about the nature and causes of disturbed mental states, the paper notes that the trauma of atrocity and the burden of mundanity have been implicated in each other. A research agenda using simulated conflict dynamic and conflict resolution techniques is suggested and a program of action to calm a disturbed collective mental state is indicated.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">This article was republished with permission in Revista Brasileira de Sociologia da Emocao/Brazilian Journal of the Sociology of Emotion (ISSN 1676-8965), 5, 13, (April 2007), 87-101 at http://www.cchla.ufpb.br/rbse/BostockArt.pdf</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">atrocity, terrorism, psychological factors</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/370000.html">370000 Studies in Human Society</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">902</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr William Bostock</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">11 Apr 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=902;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=902">item control page</a></p>
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