Less Than Human Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others

Name: Less Than Human Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
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ISBN: 9781250003836

ISBN-10: 1250003830

ISBN-13: 9781250003836

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Livingstone Smith

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"Brutes." "Cockroaches." " Lice." "Vermin." These and other monikers are constantly in use to refer to other humans -- for political, religious, ethnic, or sexist reasons. Human beings have a tendency to regard members of their own kind as less than human. This tendency has made atrocities like the holocaust, the genocide in Rwanda, and the slave trade possible, and we still find it in phenomena such as xenophobia, homophobia, military propaganda, and racism. Less Than Human draws on a rich mix of history, psychology, biology, anthropology and philosophy to document the pervasiveness of dehumanization, describe its forms, and explain why we so often resort to it. Smith posits that this…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 2/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.68" wide x 8.28" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English