Kognitivna disonanca in zanikanje vojnih zločinov : diplomsko delo

Selan, Žiga (author), Zupančič, Rok (mentor)

Živimo v svetu, v katerem se je v zgodovini odvijalo veliko oboroženih spopadov – vojn. Med oboroženimi spopadi se dogajajo tudi nehumane stvari; pomembno dejstvo je, da so se tekom oboroženih spopadov dogajali vojni zločini, marsikateri pa še dandanes ostajajo neraziskani. Po končanih sodbah storjenih in raziskanih vojnih zločinov pa številni ljudje – pripadniki določenega naroda, še vedno zanikajo vojne zločine, kljub temu da so bile sodbe pravnomočne. Osredotočili smo se predvsem na fenomen zanikanja vojnih zločinov, za razlago, zakaj do tega prihaja, pa smo se oprli na teorijo kognitivne disonance. Predstavili smo pojem in pomen kognitivne disonance, kje vse se lahko pojavlja in kako jo lahko apliciramo na vojne zločine oz. vojna hudodelstva. Med drugim smo opredelili, zakaj pripadniki določenega naroda zanikajo storjeni vojni zločin, kakšni psihološki procesi potekajo v posameznikih in kako je njihovo prepričanje odvisno od tega, čemu bodo verjeli. Vse skupaj smo podkrepili z analiziranimi izbranimi primeri vojnih zločinov.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: vojni zločini, kognitivna disonanca, zanikanje vojnih zločinov.
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [Ž. Selan]
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: 49 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-128976
• UDC: 355.012:159.9(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 74158083
• Publication date in RUL: 20.08.2021

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Cognitive Dissonance and War Crimes Denial

Abstract

We live in a world in which many major armed conflicts – wars, have taken place throughout history. Among other things, very inhumane things happened during the armed conflicts. A very important fact is that serious war crimes took place during the armed conflicts and many of them have still remained unexplained. However, many people - members of a certain nation still deny committed and investigated war crimes, despite the fact that the verdict has been legally defined and that all the evidence is known. The thesis primarily focuses on the phenomenon of war crimes denial and relies on the theory of cognitive dissonance in order to explain why this happens. The concept and meaning of cognitive dissonance are explained, where cognitive dissonance can occur and how it can be applied to war crimes. Among other things, it is defined why members of a certain nation deny war crimes, what psychological processes take place in individuals and how their persuasions depend on what they will believe. In conclusion it is all backed up with analysed selected war crimes cases.

• Keywords: war crimes, cognitive dissonance, war crimes denial.