The Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence

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1992
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How 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.

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How 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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 354
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 31 Jul 1992
ISBN 10: 0521422140
ISBN 13: 9780521422147
Book Overview: Erwin Staub explores the psychology of group aggression, sketching a conceptual framework for the many influences on one group's desire to harm another.

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A valuable and important study. Dimensions
Thoughtful, provocative work. Indochina Chronology
...a serious, noteworthy effort to present a general psychosocial/cultural analysis of the causes of genocide and mass destruction in the modern age. Bridges
Staub offers us a multi-textured psychological understanding of genocide and group violence generally, as well as some concrete proposals for promoting caring, connection, and nonaggression. The book is well written and well organized; largely devoid of psychological jargon, yet conceptually rich, it should be easily comprehended by all. While it is written from the analytical perspective of a scholar, it is illuminated by the humane spirit of a man who, as a Hungarian Jew, experienced the horrors of the Holocaust. It is a provocative book from which scholars, students and the general public can benefit greatly. Pearl Oliner, Shofar
...a rich essay based on extensive and thoughtful scholarship....Staub's book...represent[s] major advances in understanding our vulnerability to become perpetrators and the responsibilities and opportunities that inhere in our unchosen roles as bystanders. Contemporary Psychology
...a valiant effort to confront the horrors of genocide while trying to articulate something redemptive about human beings, which may guide future practice....a poetic vision. Jeffrey A. Atlas, New Ideas in Psychology
...a clear, plausible study of the origins of genocide and other group violence. KLIATT
...methodical and well done...a well-written, scholarly-researched book. George B. Palermo, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology