Becoming Evil

NOTE EDITORE

Social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller offers a sophisticated and comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity. He outlines the evolutionary forces that shape human nature, the individual dispositions that are more likely to engage in acts of evil, and the context of cruelty in which these extraordinary acts can emerge. Eyewitness accounts are presented at the end of each chapter. In this second edition, Waller has revised and updated eyewitness accounts and substantially reworked Part II of the book, removing the chapter about human nature and evolutionary adaptations, and instead using this evolutionary perspective as a base for his entire model of human evil.

SOMMARIO

1 - The Nature of Extraordinary Human Evil2 - Killers of Conviction: Groups, Ideology, and Extraordinary Human Evil3 - The "Mad Nazi": Psychopathology, Personality, and Extraordinary Human Evil4 - The Dead End of Demonization5 - Beyond Demonization: A Model of How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing6 - Cultural Construction of Worldview: Who Are the Killers?7 - Psychological Construction of the "Other": Social Death of the Victims8 - Social Construction of Cruelty: Power of the Situation9 - Conclusion: Can We Be Delivered From Extraordinary Human Evil?

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780195180930
• Dimensioni: 160 x 22.9 x 236 mm Ø 646 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 10 half tones and line illustrations
• Pagine Arabe: 384