The roots of evil : the origins of genocide and other group violence
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The roots of evil : the origins of genocide and other group violence
Cambridge University Press, 1989
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-318)
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How can human beings kill or brutalise multitudes of other human beings? Focusing particularly on genocide, Erwin Staub explores the psychology of group aggression. He sketches a conceptual framework for the many influences on one group's desire to harm another and within this framework, considers four historical examples of genocide.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Psychological and Cultural Bases of Genocide and Other Forms of Group Violence: 1. An introduction
- 2. The origins of genocide and mass killing: core concepts
- 3. The psychology of hard times: the effects of difficult life conditions
- 4. Cultural and individual characteristics
- 5. The psychology of perpetrators: individuals and groups
- 6. Steps along a continuum of destruction: perpetrators and bystanders
- Part II. The Nazi Holocaust: 7. Hitler comes to power
- 8. Preconditions for the Holocaust in German culture
- 9. Nazi rule and steps along the continuum of destruction
- 10. The SS and the psychology of perpetrators
- 11. The behaviour and psychology of bystanders and victims
- Part III. Other Genocides and Mass Killings: 12. The Turkish genocide of the Armenians
- 13. Cambodia: genocide to create a better world
- 14. This disappearances: mass killing in Argentina
- 15. Summary and conclusions: the societal and psychological origins of genocide and other atrocities
- Part IV. Further Extensions: The Roots of War and the Creation of Caring and Nonaggressive Persons and Societies: 16. The cultural and psychological origins of war
- 17. The nature of groups: security, power, justice, and positive connection
- 18. The creation and evolution of caring, connection, and nonaggression
- Notes
- Index.
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