Psychologiczne i językowe uprzedmiotowienie obcych (stereotypizacja i dehumanizacja wrogów)

• Authors: Amadeusz Citlak

Title variants

EN

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LINGUISTIC OBJECTIFICATION OF ENEMIES (STEREOTYPIZATION AND DEHUMANIZATION OF ENEMIES)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article presents the most important manifestations of negative stereotyping, that is, the dehumanization of enemies. Many cognitive and linguistic characteristics of this phenomenon are usually elusive to the participants of social life, so underlying psychological mechanisms are identified too late. This makes it extremely difficult to effectively eliminate them. The aim of the article is, firstly, to present key (empirically verified) cognitive and linguistic strategies responsible for stereotypization of social subjects. Secondly, the explication of the fact that the subtle form of dehumanization, which is negative stereotyping, contains sufficient and very strong grounds for carrying out acts of explicit discrimination, and in some circumstances, even extermination.

Keywords

EN

stereotype; language; public discourse; objectification; dehumanization

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 7-30

Contributors

author

Amadeusz Citlak

• Polska Akademia Nauk