Multicultural Perspective of Conflict Resolution
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Sociology
Conflict may be defined as a struggle or contest between people with opposing needs, ideas, beliefs, values, or goals .Cultures are intertwined in every conflict since conflicts always come up from human relationships. Our different Cultures normally affect the ways in which we name, frame, put blame, and attempt to harmonize conflicts. It therefore remains a cultural question for the existence of conflicts exists .An example of a conflict that would arise due to the difference in cultures is like conflicts which would exist between teenagers and their parents .There always exist conflicting views from the two groups when it comes to their understanding of things. (HarperCollins, 1989).A conflict that has persisted in Darter has been the problem of identifying viable solution. A viable solution to this persisting Darfur conflict should commence by having reconciliations between the diverse tribes in the region who all happen to have their own view of things. This makes it even a bigger load to deal with .The g other things include the persecution of the perpetrators of the war and a lot of human suffrage.
The problem persist for long as the two parties hold different perspective about issues of life. So the greatest challenge for almost all of us is trying to see the world in other peoples perspective .The problem emerges when one dares to perceive it ,they fall in the trap of being egocentric in their judgments . It’s very difficult to be able to see the world from other peoples perspective .It has proved to be a difficult task to teach people on how they can be able to appreciate other people by learning of their kind of lives .if people would be able to appreciate other peoples experiences in relation to how they deal with life’s issues ,the society would be a better place to live in s there would be minimal conflicts . (Aureli, 2000)
The problem is that people always want to see the world from their own perspective and as a result end up making egocentric judgments about how other people deal with issues and as a result a conflict develops .It has been proved to be a difficult task in trying to think in natural ways when dealing with others people who have different perspective .One way of trying to cope with the big task of trying to understand other peoples perspective is trying to understand about what is this other persons agendas, how do the other person see the world ,from whom are the other person dependent to? What kind of information is the other person exposed to? (Canen, 2000).What about the rewards and punishments they are receiving in their kind of world. Though these perspective is difficult ,the moment one is able to apply this ways to view other peoples world. Effective interpersonal influence fully depends on one ability to view the world in other peoples perspective (Pfeffer, 2004-2010).
