The Nature of Hate: 0 - Brossura

Sternberg, Robert J.

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ISBN 10: 0521721792 ISBN 13: 9780521721790

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

What is hate and why is there so much of it? How does it originate, and what can we do about it? This book opens with a discussion of how hate makes its presence felt in the real world, discussing various definitions and theories of hate. Next it describes a duplex - two-part - theory of hate. According to the first part of the theory, hate has three components: negation of intimacy, passion, and commitment. According to the second part of the theory, this structure of hate originates from stories people create about the target - that, say, a group comprises enemies of God, or monsters, or vermin, or power-crazy tyrants, or any of a number of other stories. The authors discuss hate in the context of interpersonal relationships, survey the role of propaganda in inciting hate and analyze the role of hate in instigating terrorism, massacres, and genocides.

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Recensione:

"...compact, scholarly, and highly readable volume...The reader is presented with a diverse and compelling panorama of contexts of hate―political, historical, military, terrorist, and in personal relationships and many others. The basic conceptual perspective of The Nature of Hate is social psychological, but the focus is broad scaled. Stylistically, the book is aimed at a general audience...This book could certainly serve as a textbook for an advanced undergraduate class or graduate seminar, complemented with journal research articles. It is relatively brief...engagingly written...intriguing and insightful..."
--Arthur G. Miller, PsycCRITIQUES

Descrizione del libro:

What is hate and why is there so much of it? How does it originate? What can we do about it? The authors discuss how hate makes its presence felt in the real world. They analyze the role of hate in instigating terrorism, massacres, and genocides and discuss possible solutions.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521721792
• ISBN 13: 9780521721790
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256