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Less than human : why we demean, enslave, and exterminate others / David Livingstone Smith.
An analysis of the ways in which the human race regards its fellow members as less than human in order to rationalize genocide, slavery, and other violations draws on studies from a range of disciplines to explain how biological discriminatory traits canbe overcome.
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- ISBN: 9781250003836 (paperback) :
- Physical Description: viii, 326 pages ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2012].
- Copyright: ℗♭2011.
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| General Note: | Please contact Shawna Mazur at shawna_mazur@nps.gov (734-243-7136) to access the River Raisin National Battlefield Park Special Collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-316) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgments -- Preface: Creatures of a kind somewhat inferior -- Less than human -- Steps toward a theory of dehumanization -- Caliban's children -- The rhetoric of enmity -- Learning from genocide -- Race -- The cruel animal -- Ambivalence and transgression -- Questions for a theory of dehumanization -- Appendix I: Psychological essentialism -- Appendix II: Paul Roscoe's theory of dehumanization in war -- Notes -- Index. |
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| Subject: | Humanity > Psychological aspects. Social isolation. Marginality, Social. Social status. |
| Genre: | Nonfiction books. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| La Conner Regional Library | 305.56 SMITH | 112257 | NON FICTION | Available | - |
Dr. David Livingstone Smith is a professor of philosophy and founding director of The Human Nature Project at the University of New England. He is the author of Why We Lie and The Most Dangerous Animal and lives in Portland, Maine.