ABSTRACT
Whyisthereconflict?Asimpleansweristhatastrongpersonor institutionfeelsitsintereststhreatenedbyaweakerpersonorinstitution. Therealityismorecomplex.Usuallythestronginstitutionhasan ideological,religious,scientificorpoliticalattitudewhichisthreatened, orwhichitfeelstobethreatened.Thusconflictmaybeinitiatedwithout adesireforpersonalgain.Sometimesthethreatmayoriginatefrom apersonwhoisnotinvolvedintheconflict,CopernicusandDarwin beingexamples.Thebattleoverevolutionwasfoughtmainlybetween THHuxleyandBishopWilberforce,whileDarwinstoodonthesidelines motionless.Wewillreturntothis.
