Herzen aus Fleisch - nicht aus Stein. Beeinflusst die Begegnung mit dem Leiden des Anderen (ESO) die Bereitschaft, sich inmitten eines Konflikts zu versöhnen?

• Antragsteller: Professor Dr. Martin Leiner
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Politikwissenschaft
• Förderung: Förderung von 2013 bis 2021
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 229570262

The project title “Hearts of Flesh – Not Stone” is a reference to an image in the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh” (36:26). The image, which is significant for Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures, gives insight into the central questions of this project which seeks to understand the movement of individuals and groups from lesser to greater willingness for reconciliation. Working in a transdisciplinary manner, we expect major results to impact understanding of reconciliation. The second major result impacts society; we want to deepen the understanding on how encounter groups can lead to greater willingness to reconcile.The project analyses individuals and groups experiencing the “suffering of the other” as a means for understanding how and why groups may become more or less open to reconciliation. This single question forms the focus of the project, which is addressed via three theoretical/methodological approaches:A. Encountering the suffering of the other (ESO) “experientially”B. Analyzing the ESO through social psychological experimentationC. Conceptual analysis of the ESO through theological/sociological/political disciplines

• DFG-Verfahren: Sachbeihilfen
• Internationaler Bezug: Israel, Palästina
• ausländ. Mitantragstellerinnen / ausländische Mitantragsteller: Professor Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Arie Nadler; Professorin Dr. Shifra Sagy, Ph.D.