Psychologiczne uwarunkowania aktów dehumanizacji

• Authors: Citlak Amadeusz

Title variants

EN

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF ACTS OF DEHUMANIZATION

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the most important sources of various forms of dehumanization and destructive behavior. Modern knowledge and psychological research allow to understand dehumanization as a phenomenon going beyond behavioral acts. The main goal of this article is the presentation of two psychological traditions, that explain violence and social aggression in the light of the individual’s mental dysfunctions, as well as in the light of the dynamics of social processes (above all group processes and interpersonal interaction). Presentation of this second research tradition is in my opinion of key importance for understanding the most important and the most serious determinants of dehumanization, although it is systematically underestimated or little known in sociological and political science literature. Identification of relevant sources of dehumanization can contribute to their quicker identification and inhibition.

Keywords

EN

social determinants of destruction pathology; dehumanization infra-humanization self-dehumanization

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 105-131

Contributors

author

Citlak Amadeusz

• Polska Akademia Nauk

Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2300-7249.41.4.6