Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Murder (Second Edition)

Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Murder (Second Edition)

written by James Waller, 1955- (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007, originally published 2002), 378 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
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.
Field of Interest
Global Issues
Author
James Waller, 1955-
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Oxford University Press
Content Type
Book
Duration
0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content
No
Format
Text
Original Publication Date
2002
Page Count
378
Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Place Published / Released
New York, NY
Subject
Global Issues, Social Sciences, Non-Governmental Actors, Individual and Groups Rights, General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, Mass killings, Genocide, History, Sociology, Agentes No Gubernamentales, Agentes Não-Governamentais, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Agentes No Gubernamentales, Agentes Não-Governamentais, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos

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