The Extreme Danger of Dehumanizing Rhetoric
The Extreme Danger of Dehumanizing Rhetoric - Current Affairs
David Livingstone Smith, one of the world's leading scholars on dehumanization, explains what it is, why we're so prone to it, and how to resist it.
Dangerous Metaphors: How Dehumanizing Rhetoric Works
Dr. Anna Szilagyi describes how dehumanizing rhetoric – a key hallmark of Dangerous Speech – makes violence more acceptable.
'They deserve it for what they're doing': dehumanising rhetoric as a ...
Both collective silence and language can shroud violent and repugnant acts. •. Dehumanising language may excuse politically-related violence. Torture has been ...
Dehumanization - Beyond Intractability
An essay describing the psychology and dangers of dehumanization, which is now widely afflicting the U.S as well as other places.
The harm caused by dehumanising language - BBC
Those observing the current conflict in Israel and Gaza will have heard voices from both sides refer to each other as "animals" and "beasts" in ...
The Dangers of Dehumanization - Psychology Today
The Implicit Association Test (IAT) has recently come under fire. One of the main criticisms has been that the IAT for race does not seem to ...
Speaking Out Against Bigoted, Dehumanizing Rhetoric: What We ...
The extreme violence suffered by Israeli and Palestinian civilians since October 7, 2023 has been accompanied by an alarming escalation of dangerous speech ...
The slippery slope of dehumanizing language - The Conversation
Dehumanizing insults have become more common in political discourse. Psychology research has shown that they can prime us for violence – and ...
The Dangers of Dehumanization: A View from a Blue - Braver Angels
A Red who I know to be extremely empathetic and respectful of my opinions, took issue with my use of the terms “dehumanizing language” and “incitement of ...
Dangers of Dehumanizing Rhetoric and Its Impact on the Palestinian ...
While the watermelon has been adopted to support Gazans, dehumanizing narratives continue to be used as a strategy to rally support against Palestine.
Toxic themes espoused in right-wing media are also the perturbed views of a 32-year-old man who police say decapitated his father, a federal ...
The dehumanisation danger | Lowy Institute
Language matters and the protections of international law are crucial for persons deprived of liberty. Dehumanising language often precedes ...
The power of words: the dangerous rhetoric of the “terrorist”
Dehumanizing rhetoric surrounding the “terrorist” may impact humanitarian and civilian populations perceived to be associated with them.
Dynamics of violent and dehumanizing rhetoric in far-right social ...
This article sheds light on mechanisms by which online social interactions contribute to instigating far-right political violence.
Dangerous Speech | On Inhumanity - Oxford Academic
This chapter shows that dehumanizing speech is an especially dangerous kind of speech, because of its power to elicit extreme forms of violence.
Dehumanization and the Normalization of Violence: It's Not What ...
“But this leads to the question, increasingly common in research on dehumanizing propaganda and its impact on genocide, of just how, exactly, ...
Dehumanization and mass violence: A study of mental state ...
Our linguistic analysis suggests that Jews were progressively denied the capacity for fundamentally human mental experiences leading up to the Holocaust.
The Danger of Dehumanizing Others - Kellogg Insight
The research shows that blatant dehumanization is very much alive and well. It is also a strong predictor of support for policies that retaliate against groups ...
Speaking Out Against Bigoted, Dehumanizing Rhetoric: What We ...
This guide documents the surge in antisemitic and Islamophobic hate incidents, explains the link between rhetoric and violence, and provides suggestions and ...
The dark psychology of dehumanization, explained - Vox
As anti-Muslim rhetoric increases under Trump, more Americans are seeing Muslims as less than human.