High Conflict by Amanda Ripley
Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
An investigative, vividly reported exploration of how ordinary disputes escalate into entrenched, destructive high-conflict situations and why people, groups, and institutions get trapped in them. Drawing on case studies from relationships, workplaces, neighborhoods, and national politics, it identifies psychological and structural drivers—identity fusion, zero-sum thinking, information silos, and incentive systems—that amplify grievances into perpetual warfare. It also offers practical, evidence-based strategies and interventions for breaking the cycle: recognizing early warning signs, reframing stakes, fostering curiosity and humanization, redesigning incentives, and bringing in mediators or institutional buffers to create pathways out of escalation.
- Published
- 2021
- Nationality
- American
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- Original Language
- English
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