{"product_id":"the-roots-of-evil-the-origins-of-genocide-and-other-group-violence","title":"The Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can human beings kill or brutalize multitudes of other human beings? Focusing particularly on genocide  but also on other forms of mass killing  torture  and war  Ervin Staub explores the psychological  cultural  and societal roots of group aggression. He sketches a conceptual framework for the many influences on one groups desire to harm another: cultural and social patterns predisposing to violence  historical circumstances resulting in persistent life problems  and needs and modes of adaptation arising from the interaction of these influences. Such notions as cultural stereotyping and devaluation  societal self-concept  moral exclusion  the need for connection  authority orientation  personal and group goals  \"better world\" ideologies  justification  and moral equilibrium find a place in his analysis  and he addresses the relevant evidence from the behavioral sciences. Within this conceptual framework  Staub then considers the behavior of perpetrators and bystanders in four historical situations: the Holocaust (his primary example)  the genocide of Armenians in Turkey  the \"autogenocide\" in Cambodia  and the \"disappearances\" in Argentina. Throughout  he is concerned with the roots of caring and the psychology of heroic helpers. In his concluding chapters  he reflects on the socialization of children at home and in schools  and on the societal practices and processes that facilitate the development of caring persons  and of care and cooperation among groups. A wide audience will find The Roots of Evil thought-provoking reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952190910517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521422140","price":47.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521422147.jpg?v=1770308121","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-roots-of-evil-the-origins-of-genocide-and-other-group-violence","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}