| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 263 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From Plato to Putnam : four ways to think about hate / Edward B. Royzman, Clark McCauley, and Paul Rozin -- Understanding and combating hate / Robert J. Sternberg -- The origins and evolution of hate, with notes on prevention / Ervin Staub -- A cognitive perspective on hate and violence / Aaron T. Beck and James Pretzer -- Roots of hate, violence, and evil / Roy F. Baumeister and David A. Butz -- The diminution of hate through the promotion of positive individual-context relations / Richard M. Lerner ... [et al.] -- Hate, conflict, and moral exclusion / Susan Opotow -- On hate and its determinants : some affective and cognitive influences / Leonard Berkowitz -- Genocidal hatred : now you see it, now you don't / David Moshman -- On the nature of prejudice : the psychological foundations of hate / John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, and Adam R. Pearson -- Hate is the imitation of love / C. Fred Alford. |
| Summary |
"The goal of this book is to present alternative perspectives on the psychology of hate. After the genocide perpetrated by the Nazis in World War II, the expression "never again" became a familiar refrain. Perhaps there were aspects of the Nazi horrors that would not be repeated, but the massacres and genocides inspired and committed by the Nazis were far from the last the world was to see. The last decade of the 20th century saw massacres and genocides in record numbers, and indeed, the last half of the 20th century witnessed a staggering number of massacres and genocides. The beginning of the 21st century has seen fresh waves of terrorism, such as those culminating in the events of September 11, 2001. These were not random killings or sudden bursts of irrationality on the part of crowds. Rather, they were carefully planned and orchestrated killings that, at times, approached the efficiency of the Nazi death machine in the sheer number of deaths produced. In many cases, although certainly not all, one of the underlying causes was one of the most powerful of human emotions: hate. Psychologists have not generated a lot of theories of hate, certainly fewer than theories of love. The goal of this book is to help redress an imbalance--to propose a number of different theories that answer questions about hate in related, but different, ways. The theories proposed in this book cover the gamut, including clinical, cognitive, social, and eclectic emphases on understanding hate. This book is addressed to anyone who has an interest in hate, whether a psychologist or not. Chapters are written at a level that should be comprehensible to any intelligent layperson"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Hate.
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Hate.
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Psychoanalysis.
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Violence.
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| Added Author |
Sternberg, Robert J.
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| Other Form: |
Original (DLC) 2004012194 |
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