Event Host: Emeritus Academy
Short Description: Dehumanization is a pervasive phenomenon with profound implications for peace and human well-being.
Dehumanization is a pervasive phenomenon with profound implications for peace and human well-being. The consensus that some human qualities are unique or essential to what constitutes a human being and the denial of these qualities to certain categories of people has been implicated in violence within and across multiple levels of analysis, from interpersonal to international. Less attention has been given to the process of humanizing the Other though the arc of history might suggest the conferral of essential and unique human qualities to the Other is just as pervasive as denial. This lecture will offer a balanced perspective on humanization and dehumanization and highlight the dynamic feature of these processes. Using a psychosocial lens and drawing on research that colleagues are conducting in a number of countries, I will discuss the utility and subtlety of humanizing and dehumanizing processes and how they vary across geohistorical contexts.
Join the Emeritus Academy for an open lecture by Dan Christie, professor emeritus of the Department of Psychology.
Register now. A business reception will accompany the lecture. For more information, visit the Emeritus Academy.
