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1、9781405169721_1_pre.qxd22/4/0811:47AMPagei“ThisbookisdesignedsimultaneouslyasatributetoTomPettigrew,oneoftheworld’sforemostscholarsofprejudice,andasa‘stateoftheart’collectionofessaysdelineatingsocialpsychology’scontribu-tiontothereductionofprejudicearound
2、theworld.Itsucceedsadmirablyinboththeseaims.ItisafittingcelebrationofPettigrew’scareer,bothasapioneeringsocialscientistandasacourageousactivistinthecauseofsocialjustice.Theessays,writtenbyaveritable‘Who’sWho’inthesocialpsychologyofintergrouprelations,aread
3、mirablyconciseandwell-writtenaccountsofthekeyrecentdevelopmentsinthefield.Therecanbefewtopicswhichdeservemoreofouratten-tionthanthatofimprovingintergrouprelations.Inanincreasinglyfissuredworld,itisbothtimelyandreassuringtoknowthatsomanyofsocialpsychology’sl
4、eadingmindsareaddressingthemselvesheretothecauseofpromotingtoleranceandsocialharmony.Researchersandpolicymakersalikewillprofitgreatlyfromaclosestudyofthisbook.”RupertBrown,UniversityofSussex“Thisremarkablebookbringstogethertheworld’sleadingscholarsofinterg
5、rouprelationstopaytributetotheseminalworkofThomasPettigrew,andinsodoingtoderiveessentiallessonsforacademics,politicians,andthepublicingeneral.”DouglasS.Massey,PrincetonUniversity“Tributeandtreat,thisexcitingcollectioncelebratessocialpsycholo-gistTomPettig
6、rew’sgreatimpactonourunderstandingsofpreju-dice,discrimination,andintergoupcontact.Highlyreadablearticlesintegratewell,offeringawell-etchedportraitofPettigrew’smanycontributionstoresearchonracialemotions,intergroupadaptation,deprovincializationofingroups,
7、andcontexteffects.Onceexpelledfromschoolforstandinguptoabigotedteacher,Pettigrew’sscholar-activistcommitmentstoeradicatingracismhavebeeninfluentialandequaltothoseofanysocialscientistofthelasthalfcentury.”JoeR.Feagin,TexasA&MUniversity“TomPettigrew’sresearc
8、handwritinghashadamajorimpactonourunderstandingofprejudice,itscausesandcures.ThisremarkablevolumeisbothatributetoPettigrew’sinfluenceandanextensionofitsreach.Amustreadforanyoneinterestedinintergrouprelations.”ElliotA
