Psychology of Genocide - Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Rescuers

Informationen zum Autor Steven K. Baum is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of What Matters Most? (2006) and From the Inside Out (2007). Klappentext A chilling examination of how genocide divides us into perpetrators, rescuers and bystanders. Zusammenfassung Genocide has tragically claimed the lives of over 262 million victims in the last century. Are there really psychological patterns to these senseless killings? Combining eyewitness accounts with Baum's own analysis! this extraordinary book will prove an invaluable source for students of holocaust studies! psychology of hate and genocide studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Prologue; 1. Charlotte's question; 2. A bell curve of hate?; 3. Perpetrators; 4. Bystanders; 5. Rescuers; 6. Towards an emotionally developed world.

Product details

• Authors: Steven K. Baum
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2008
• EAN: 9780521886314
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88631-4
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social, group or collective psychology, Sociology & anthropology, General and world history, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing