Psychology of Aggression

We know that there were/are cultures that existed/exist without violence. Children in such societies are raised without violence and are taught to stay nonviolent. Today, there are 23 cultures around the world that are nonviolent, among others such as the Amish people, the Balinese, Birbor, a nomadic tribe located in the central part of India and also in India Ladakhis, following Buddhism, then Hutterites of the central plains in the USA.[1]

Although nonviolent attitudes vary, they all follow nonviolent practices that sometimes may seem to be a little weird: children are taught to love and respect others, play games without competition and aggression, to inhibit their aggression and not to be assertive but to be sensitive to the needs of others. Individual achievements are very often discouraged in these nonviolent cultures – if a child is praised for his/her achievement, it is embarrassing among the Hutterites. Cooperation and interdependence are strongly supported.[2].

This is in complete contrast to upbringing of children in highly developed societies exposed to exceptional brutality and violence in the media, the fact that surely doesn´t support nonviolence.