{"product_id":"the-roots-of-evil-the-origins-of-genocide-and-other-group-violence-paperback-9780521422147","title":"The Roots of Evil; The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence (Paperback) 9780521422147","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Roots of Evil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eErwin Staub explores the psychology of group aggression, sketching a conceptual framework for the many influences on one group's desire to harm another.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErvin Staub (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521422147, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 31 July 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e354 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...methodical and well done...a well-written, scholarly-researched book.\"    George B. Palermo, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow can human beings kill or brutalise multitudes of other human beings? Focusing particularly on genocide, Erwin Staub explores the psychology of group aggression. He sketches a conceptual framework for the many influences on one group's desire to harm another and within this framework, considers four historical examples of genocide.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Psychological and Cultural Bases of Genocide and Other Forms of Group Violence: 1. An introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The origins of genocide and mass killing: core concepts\u003cbr\u003e 3. The psychology of hard times: the effects of difficult life conditions\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cultural and individual characteristics\u003cbr\u003e 5. The psychology of perpetrators: individuals and groups\u003cbr\u003e 6. Steps along a continuum of destruction: perpetrators and bystanders\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Nazi Holocaust: 7. Hitler comes to power\u003cbr\u003e 8. Preconditions for the Holocaust in German culture\u003cbr\u003e 9. Nazi rule and steps along the continuum of destruction\u003cbr\u003e 10. The SS and the psychology of perpetrators\u003cbr\u003e 11. The behaviour and psychology of bystanders and victims\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Other Genocides and Mass Killings: 12. The Turkish genocide of the Armenians\u003cbr\u003e 13. Cambodia: genocide to create a better world\u003cbr\u003e 14. This disappearances: mass killing in Argentina\u003cbr\u003e 15. Summary and conclusions: the societal and psychological origins of genocide and other atrocities\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Further Extensions: The Roots of War and the Creation of Caring and Nonaggressive Persons and Societies: 16. The cultural and psychological origins of war\u003cbr\u003e 17. The nature of groups: security, power, justice, and positive connection\u003cbr\u003e 18. The creation and evolution of caring, connection, and nonaggression\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social, group or collective psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social,%20group%20or%20collective%20psychology%20%5BJMH%5D%22\"\u003eJMH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001652007192,"sku":"9780521422147","price":41.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521422147i_f4bd0f7e-086b-445b-9540-558b58945684.jpg?v=1691381461","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-roots-of-evil-the-origins-of-genocide-and-other-group-violence-paperback-9780521422147","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}