| Description |
xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index. |
| Contents |
Scientific Insights into the Nature of Our Emotions -- The Anatomy of Hate -- The Significance of Meaning -- An Evolutionary View of Hate: The Fight-or-Flight Response -- Self-Hatred -- Preventing and Eliminating Hate -- Strategies to Prevent and Eliminate Hate -- Resistance to Change -- The Binary Instinct -- Us Versus Them -- Other Binary Categories -- Shifting to an Us-Us Perspective -- The Reptile Within -- The Reptomammalian Impulse to Kill -- Understanding the Evolutionary Levels of the Brain -- How Complex Language, Thought, and Emotion Influence the Primitive Mind -- War and Genocide -- Rationalizing Genocide -- Human Evolution: The Arrival of the Modern Human Mind -- The Emergence of Large-Scale Warfare -- The Primitive Mind -- Cro-Magnon Art -- Language -- The Rise of Civilization -- Consciousness: Source of Self-Awareness and Self-Hatred -- Human Social Organization -- The Drive for Meaning -- Self-Hatred, Self-Esteem, and Suicide -- Reacting to Helplessness -- Consciousness of Human Mortality: "The Ultimate Concern" -- Mood Disorders -- Self-Hate and Eating Disorders -- Addressing the Problem of Self-Hate -- Sexism, Racism, and Other Cultural Phobias -- When Hate Blends with Fear -- The Status of Women -- The Core Elements of Hate -- The Role of Genetics and the Fiction of Race -- How Hate Messages Are Spread Throughout the Modern World -- Hate on the Internet -- How Purveyors of Hate Reach the Masses -- Lone Wolves and Militia Organizations -- The Toxic Workplace -- Workplace Shootings. |
| Summary |
Why we hate examines the biological origins and manifestations of this most toxic of human emotions and shows specific steps to take to combat it. Neuroscientists have discovered that hate is a primitive survival response that combines prejudice and extreme anger. These new findings provide fundamental insights into how hate affects human behavior. Based on these insights and on extensive scientific research in fields ranging from anthropology to zoology, Why we hate presents readers with a comprehensive nine-step strategy for controlling and eliminating hate. |
| Subject |
Hate.
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Hate. (DNLM)D006252
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Hate. (OCoLC)fst00951863
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Hate.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Dozier, Rush W. Why we hate. Chicago : Contemporary Books, ©2002 (OCoLC)606824912 |
| ISBN |
0809224836 |
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9780809224838 |
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0809224798 |
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9780809224791 |
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