psychology of bystanders, perpetrators, and heroic helpers
TitleThe psychology of bystanders, perpetrators, and heroic helpers
Author
Call number940.5318/0461
Object number05690A
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherOxford University Press
Year of publication
2002
Physical descriptionpp11-42
MaterialArticle
ISBN0195133625
NotesArticle from a book "Understanding Genocide" pp11-42
Description
Discusses how a group od people turns against another group, how the motivation for killing evolves and inhibitions against it decline. Identifies characteristics of a groups' culture that create an enhanced potential for turning against others. They come to see their actions as necessary and even right. Bystanders usually remain passive, some of them joining the perpetrators