Humanness and Dehumanization

Humanness and Dehumanization

Humanness and Dehumanization was written by Paul G. Bain, Jeroen Vaes, and Jacques Philippe Leyens. The 368 page book was published by Psychology Press in 2013 with an ISBN 10 of 1136275096. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Humanness and Dehumanization mentions 1 serial killers including David Alan Gore. The author Paul G. Bain has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

What does it mean to be human? Why do people dehumanize others (and sometimes themselves)? These questions have only recently begun to be investigated in earnest within psychology. This volume presents the latest thinking about these and related questions from research leaders in the field of humanness and dehumanization in social psychology and related disciplines. Contributions provide new insights into the history of dehumanization, its different types, and new theories are proposed for when and why dehumanization occurs. While people’s views about what humanness is, and who has it, have long been known as important in understanding ethnic conflict, contributors demonstrate its relevance in other domains, including medical practice, poli...