The Dehumanization: Cognitive Roots of Fanaticism (5)

by Olek Netzer

How can sane human beings justify even their most preposterous ideas about other people and the most inhumane acts of self and others’ mass-destruction? This book offers a comprehensive answer based on the discovery of Blind Areas on their cognitive maps. They first dehumanize themselves by becoming blind to their own human predisposition to error and sin in war. Since awareness of Blind Areas undermines the fanatic’s self-justification system, introducing it in education and political culture could make possible decisive progress in countering fanaticism and humanizing the ways people think about themselves and their enemies in conflict.

224 pages, Paperback

Published May 18, 2020

Reviews

[Nachi · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡IMPERDIBLE! Este es el libro que estuve buscando por años. Analiza las raíces psicológicas del fanatismo de un modo riguroso, sistemático y accionable. La idea central: El fanático deshumaniza al enemigo, y también a sí mismo.