The objectification spectrum : understanding and transcending our diminishment and dehumanization of others /

What lies at the heart of humanity's capacity for evil? Any tenable answer to this age-old question must include an explanation of our penchant for objectifying and dehumanizing our fellow human beings. The Objectification Spectrum: Understanding and Transcending Our Diminishment and Dehumaniza...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Rector, John
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Zusammenfassung:
What lies at the heart of humanity's capacity for evil? Any tenable answer to this age-old question must include an explanation of our penchant for objectifying and dehumanizing our fellow human beings. The Objectification Spectrum: Understanding and Transcending Our Diminishment and Dehumanization of Others draws upon timeless wisdom to propose a new model of objectification. Rather than offering a narrow definition of the term, the author explores objectification as a spectrum of misapprehension running from its mildest form, casual indifference, to its most extreme manifestation, dehumaniza
Umfang:
1 online resource (289 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-935543-6
0-19-025842-X
0-19-935542-8
Schlagworte:
Prejudices > Psychological aspects.
Other (Philosophy)
Social psychology.
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