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1 online resource |
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pt. ONE Shadows on the Cave Wall: The Many Faces of Objectification -- 1. Preliminaries -- 2. Objectification: "A Slippery, Multiple Concept" -- 3. Objectification Revisited: A Spectrum of Misapprehension -- pt. TWO The Human Situation: Limitations and Possibilities -- 4. Three Observations from Antiquity: Philosophia Perennis -- 5. Unity Consciousness: Reality at the Deepest Level -- pt. THREE What We Are: Dispositional Factors Contributing to Objectification -- 6. The Paradoxical Nature of Language and Other Boundaries -- 7. Boundaries of Self -- 8. Narcissism -- 9. The Ego (Part One): Its Nature and Manifestations -- 10. The Ego (Part Two): Having versus Being -- 11. Problems Stemming from Death Denial -- pt. FOUR Who We Are: Situational Factors Contributing to Objectification -- 12. Rising Awareness of Situational Power -- 13. Situationally Induced Objectification: Three Relevant Classic Examples -- 14. Situationally Induced Heroism: Momentary Transcendence of Objectification -- pt. FIVE Pathways toward Transformation: Trails Leading Out of Plato's Cave -- 15. The Problem of Enlightenment -- 16. Theistic and Nontheistic Approaches to Transcending Objectification -- 17. Objectification's Antidote: The Enlightenment Spectrum |
| Summary |
What lies at the heart of humanity's capacity for evil? Any tenable answer to this age-old question must include an explanation of our penchant for objectifying and dehumanizing our fellow human beings. This book proposes a new model of objectification. Rather than offering a narrow definition of the term, it explores objectification as a spectrum of misapprehension running from its mildest form, casual indifference, to its most extreme manifestation, dehumanization |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Prejudices -- Psychological aspects
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Other (Philosophy)
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Social psychology.
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Psychology, Social
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social psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Other (Philosophy)
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Prejudices -- Psychological aspects
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Social psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199355426 |
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0199355428 |
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130682303X |
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9781306823036 |
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9780190258429 |
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019025842X |
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0199355436 |
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9780199355433 |
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