Leonard S. (Hrsg.) Newman

Confronting Humanity at its Worst

Social Psychological Perspectives on Genocide

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How do otherwise ordinary people become perpetrators of genocide? Why are groups targeted for mass killing? How do groups justify these terrible acts? While there are no easy answers to these questions, social psychologists are especially well positioned to contribute to our understanding of genocide and mass killing. With research targeting key questions -such as how negative impressions of outgroups develop and how social influence can lead people to violate their moral principles and other norms - social psychologists have much to teach us about why groups of people attempt to exterminate other groups, why people participate in such atroc… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-068596-6
EAN: 9780190685966
Produktnummer: 32782441
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'377 KB

Über den Autor

Leonard S. Newman earned his PhD in social-personality psychology at New York University. He is an associate professor at Syracuse University, where he serves as Associate Chair of the psychology department. Dr. Newman is co-editor of Understanding Genocide: The Social Psychology of the Holocaust and co-author of Social Psychology: A Storytelling Approach (both with Ralph Erber). His research interests include social stigma, dehumanization, psychological defense, and public perceptions of psychological research.