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Zusatztext This fine book is a victory lap of sorts for a distinguished career, but is also forward looking because it includes not only the author's major and recent articles but also newly written material dealing with ways to prevent violence and promote peace. Those interested in learning a programmatic approach to addressing matters of moral courage and compassion will be drawn to this book, as will those who want to apply psychological insights to advancing reconciliation and creating caring societies. Informationen zum Autor Ervin Staub is Professor Emeritus and the founding director of the doctoral program in the psychology of peace and violence at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He previously taught at Harvard University. He has studied the roots of caring, helping, and altruism and their development in children and adults, as well as the roots of genocide and other violence between groups, their prevention, and reconciliation. He is the past president of two societies, editor or co-editor of four books, and the author of six books and many articles and book chapters. He has worked in a variety of real-world settings, in schools to develop caring classrooms and active bystandership by students, and in Rwanda to promote reconciliation. Klappentext In The Roots of Goodness and Resistance to Evil, Ervin Staub draws on his extensive experiences in scholarship and intervention to illuminate the socializing experiences, education, and trainings that lead children and adults to become helpers/active bystanders and rescuers, acting to prevent violence and create peaceful and harmonious societies. The book collects Staub's most important and influential articles and essays in the field, compiling a variety of examples of helping behaviors as well as discussions of why we should help and not harm others. He addresses a wide range of such behaviors, from helping people in everyday physical or psychological distress, to active bystandership in response to harmful actions by youth toward their peers (bullying), to endangering one's life to save someone in immediate danger, or rescuing intended victims of genocide. Zusammenfassung In The Roots of Goodness and Resistance to Evil, Ervin Staub draws on his extensive experiences in scholarship and intervention to illuminate the socializing experiences, education, and trainings that lead children and adults to become helpers/active bystanders and rescuers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Why Have I Been Studying Goodness (and Evil and its Prevention)? Chapter 1. Introduction, Examples, and Overview of the Book Chapter 2. Why We Should Help and Not Harm Others Chapter 3. Inclusive Caring, Moral Courage, Altruism Born of Suffering, and Active Bystandership: Their Roots in Socialization and Experience Chapter 4. Basic Psychological Needs, Caring and Violence, and Optimal Human Functioning Chapter 5. Learning by Doing: The Evolution of Helping and Caring (and of Violence) through One's Own Actions Chapter 6. Passivity: Bystanders to Genocide Chapter 7. The Psychology of Rescue: Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Heroic Helpers Chapter 8. Psychology and Morality in Genocide and Violent Conflict: Perpetrators, Passive Bystanders, and Rescuers Chapter 9. Helping Psychologically Wounded Children Heal Chapter 10. Altruism Born of Suffering: The Roots of Caring and Helping after Victimization and Other Trauma Chapter 11. The Heroism of Survivors: Survivors Saving Themselves and the Impact on Their Lives Chapter 12. Heroes and Other Committed Individuals Chapter 13. How Can We Become Good Bystanders in Response to Needs around Us and in the World? Chapter 14. Understanding Police Violence and Active Bystandership in Preventing It Chapter 15. Many Children are Happy in School, Others are Bullied, Some Excluded; Active Bystandership Helps Chapter 16. Training Active Bystanders in Schools...
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In The Roots of Goodness and Resistance to Evil, Ervin Staub draws on his extensive experiences in scholarship and intervention to illuminate the socializing experiences, education, and trainings that lead children and adults to become helpers/active bystanders and rescuers.
