Neka teorijska gledišta na etničke i nacionalne konflikte.

Conflicts are a natural companion of both man and society. Throughout human history, the contents have changed, but also the forms of conflict. What is more significant characteristic of the conflicts is that they were mostly violent and with great consequences, not only for the actors but also for their contemporaries. That is why conflicts are important for sociology and psychology as well as for anthropology and history. Conflicts have their positive characteristics, because they are essentially forms of social change and individual development of man and his ethics, and other characteristics. Conflict most often gets a new state, which from the experience of the previous states represents progress in scientific views, and better understanding of current state. Therefore, we could say that conflicts are a natural state of both society and man in a mutual, but also social relationship. There are different forms of conflict from ethnic, national, religious, political to intergroup and within group with different contents and motives. All of them constitute a wealth of social relations and social movement that takes place with unequal intensity and in different social conditions. Ethnic, national, religious and political conflicts have developed and stood out throughout history. Different theories observe and understand conflicts in different ways depending on their intensity and scope. We will consider from the sociological aspect some theories and approaches to understanding conflicts, such as ethnic and national, given their historical foundation and significance in modern societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]