ABSTRACT
With the fifth factor, violence as a consequence of the rationalisation of evil, the exploration of the breeding ground of violence and conflict is complete and with it, the macro-conditions for a greater or lesser chance of an outbreak of violence and conflict have been defined. But the concrete behaviour of the people who cause the actual violence has still remained unexplored. These micro-processes will be dealt with below, beginning with the dynamics of group binding, stereotyping and ideologising. It must, however, be stressed that macro-and micro-processes are closely related and can sometimes hardly be distinguished.
