Smith, David Livingstone
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자료유형 | E-BOOK |
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서명/저자사항 | On inhumanity : dehumanization and how to resist it/ David Livingstone Smith. |
개인저자 | Smith, David Livingstone,1953- author. |
발행사항 | New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2020]. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (ix, 222 pages). |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: Smith, David Livingstone, 1953- On inhumanity New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020. 9780190923006 |
ISBN | 9780190092566 0190092564 0190923024 9780190923013 0190923016 9780190923020 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
요약 | "The Rwandan genocide, the Holocaust, the lynching of African Americans, the colonial slave trade: these are horrific episodes of mass violence spawned from racism and hatred. We like to think that we could never see such evils again-that we would stand up and fight. But something deep in the human psyche-deeper than prejudice itself-leads people to persecute the other: dehumanization, or the human propensity to think of others as less than human. This book looks at the mechanisms of the mind that encourage us to see someone as less than human. There is something peculiar and horrifying in human psychology that makes us vulnerable to thinking of whole groups of people as subhuman creatures. When governments or other groups stand to gain by exploiting this innate propensity, and know just how to manipulate words and images to trigger it, there is no limit to the violence and hatred that can result"-- |
해제 | Provided by publisher. |
일반주제명 | Humanity --Psychological aspects. Cruelty. Hate. Toleration. Cruelty. Hate. Toleration. |
언어 | 영어 |
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