Overview

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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Author:   James E. Waller (Professor and Chair, Psychology Department, Professor and Chair, Psychology Department, Whitworth College, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.646kg
ISBN:  

9780195180930

ISBN 10:   0195180933
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   15 March 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

"1: The Nature of Extraordinary Human Evil ""Nits Make Lice"" 2: Killers of Conviction: Groups, Ideology, and Extraordinary Human Evil Dovey's Story 3: The ""Mad Nazi"": Psychopathology, Personality, and Extraordinary Human Evil The Massacre at Babi Yar 4: The Dead End of Demonization The Invasion of Dili 5: Beyond Demonization: A Model of How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing The Tonle Sap Massacre 6: Cultural Construction of Worldview: Who Are the Killers? Death of a Guatemalan Village 7: Psychological Construction of the ""Other"": Social Death of the Victims The Church of Ntarama 8: Social Construction of Cruelty: Power of the Situation The ""Safe Arena"" of Srebrenica 9: Conclusion: Can We Be Delivered From Extraordinary Human Evil?"

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