Emotions and Mass Atrocity - Philosophical and Theoretical Explorations (Hardcover)

The study of genocide and mass atrocity abounds with references to emotions: fear, anger, horror, shame and hatred. Yet we don't understand enough about how 'ordinary' emotions behave in such extreme contexts. Emotions are not merely subjective and interpersonal phenomena; they are also powerful social and political forces, deeply involved in the history of mass violence. Drawing on recent insights from philosophy, psychology, history, and the social sciences, this volume examines the emotions of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders. Editors Thomas Brudholm and Johannes Lang have brought together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars to provide an in-depth analysis of the nature, value, and role of emotions as they relate to the causes and dynamics of mass atrocities. The result is a new perspective on the social, political, and moral dimensions of emotions in the history of collective violence and its aftermath.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2018
Editors:	Thomas Brudholm • Johannes Lang
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-12773-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > Genocide Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	1-107-12773-4
Barcode:	9781107127739

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