Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing - Couverture rigide

Waller, James E.

 
9780195180930: Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing
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ISBN 10 : 0195180933 ISBN 13 : 9780195180930
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

James E. Waller is a Professor and Chair in the Psychology Department at Whitworth College.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195180933
ISBN 13 
9780195180930
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oxford University Press
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9780195314564: BECOMING EVIL:HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE COMMIT GENOCIDE & MASS KILLING 2E: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195314565 ISBN 13 :  9780195314564
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2007
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