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Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Murder
James E. Waller
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Description for Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Murder
Paperback. Uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. This book offers a comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 half tones and line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JMH; JMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 548.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
351
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
532g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195314564
SKU
V9780195314564
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Reviews for Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Murder
.. .offers a psychological explanation as to why some human beings are so deliberately harmful to others...A fascinating glimpse of evolutionary psychology is presented... an eyewitness account of inhumanity.
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