Primardialist and circumstancialist views of ethnic conflictFor many years, anthropologists have debated the origins and conditions that lead different ethnic groups to violence. The overarching perspective is the belief that an ethnicity is formed by long-standing traditions, beliefs, and values ​​that define the characteristics of that ethnicity. Whereas the circumstantialist perspective states that your ethnicity is not set in stone and outside factors can manipulate an ethnicity. Using these perspectives, Sudhir Kakar explains how ethnic conflicts are inevitable due to old fears and stereotypes placed on other ethnicities, while Anthony Oberschall believes that political and economic factors play a greater role in ethnic conflicts. When humans are exclusively defined by a group identity as tribe, nation, or caste permits; this group has a special appreciation for their bands. Enable members of this group to increase their well-being in the narcissistic domain by placing your group at the top of your priorities. (Kakar, 1990) Which makes aspects of their ethnicity socially acceptable and the purist form a human can take. (Kakar, 1990) Another function of the group is to have other groups as containers for its disavowed aspects. The group of judges will project the disavowed aspect of their group onto the other, to make their group appear superior. (Kakar, 1990) Allowing groups to treat each other if they are no better than the worst in the judging society, leading to increased tension between groups. The disavowed aspects grow and redefine with each passing generation, most learning from parents from a young age. As more and more aspects are projected onto other groups, affect groups will be forced to follow the stereotypes placed in the middle of paper... isolating them from potential and causing tension. (Grattet, 2011) The problem with this theory of labeling is that it does not rely on the violence of people, the labels can sometimes have a good connotation. But to have a social identity, one must fulfill the conditions to be designated by the linguistic expression (the label) which names the identity. (Gil-White, 1999) That being said, this refutes the idea that a person can constantly change their ethnicity on their own, because your ethnicity label is based on who others see you as. Although political and economic factors play a role in most cases of conflict, but when we talk about conflicts between ethnic groups, identification by the other group is more important. The concept of “me” and “them” determines how humans interact with other groups, always putting the interest of your group first..