| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xxvi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-342) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword to the Second Edition / Gregory H. Stanton -- Foreword to the First Edition / Christopher R. Browning -- pt. 1. What are the origins of extraordinary human evil? -- Introduction : a place called Mauthausen -- 1. The nature of extraordinary human evil -- "Nits make lice" -- 2. Killers of conviction : groups, ideology, and extraordinary human evil -- "Dovey's story" -- 3. The "Mad Nazi" : psychopathology, personality, and extraordinary human evil -- The massacre at Babi Yar -- 4. The dead of demonization -- The invasion of Dili -- pt. 2. How do ordinary people commit genocide and mass killing? -- 5. Beyond demonization : a model of how ordinary people commit genocide and mass killing -- The Tonle Sap massacre -- 6. Cultural construction of worldview : Who are the killers? -- Death of a Guatemalan village -- 7. Physical construction of the "other" : social death of the victims -- The church of Ntarama -- 8. Social construction of cruelty : the power of the situation -- The "safe area" of Srebrenica -- 9. Conclusion : Can we be delivered from extraordinary human evil? -- Postscript : past as present -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Genocide -- Psychological aspects.
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Social psychology.
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| ISBN |
0195180933 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780195180930 cloth alkaline paper |
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0195314565 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780195314564 paperback alkaline paper |
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