Less Than Human

Less Than Human
Author :
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781429968560
ISBN-13 : 1429968567
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Less Than Human by : David Livingstone Smith

Download or read book Less Than Human written by David Livingstone Smith and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction A revelatory look at why we dehumanize each other, with stunning examples from world history as well as today's headlines "Brute." "Cockroach." "Lice." "Vermin." "Dog." "Beast." These and other monikers are constantly in use to refer to other humans—for political, religious, ethnic, or sexist reasons. Human beings have a tendency to regard members of their own kind as less than human. This tendency has made atrocities like the Holocaust, the genocide in Rwanda, and the slave trade possible, and yet we still find it in phenomena such as xenophobia, homophobia, military propaganda, and racism. Less Than Human draws on a rich mix of history, psychology, biology, anthropology and philosophy to document the pervasiveness of dehumanization, describe its forms, and explain why we so often resort to it. David Livingstone Smith posits that this behavior is rooted in human nature, but gives us hope in also stating that biological traits are malleable, showing us that change is possible. Less Than Human is a chilling indictment of our nature, and is as timely as it is relevant.


Less Than Human Related Books

Less Than Human
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: David Livingstone Smith
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-01 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Winner of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction A revelatory look at why we dehumanize each other, with stunning examples from world history as well
Less Than Human
Language: en
Pages: 122
Authors: Charles Platt
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-31 - Publisher: Hachette UK

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Burt is a trillion dollars' worth of robot - with a ten minute gap in his programming that renders him virtually useless to his creators. Still, since coming to
Less Than Human
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Maxine McArthur
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-27 - Publisher: Hachette UK

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The author of Time Future takes readers into a world torn apart by terrorism and injustice to explore the line that separates human and machine in this novel th
Less Than Human
Language: en
Pages: 185
Authors: James Gannon MD
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-06-15 - Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ever want to be a doctor or wonder how a physician feels about healthcare? Follow one man’s journey through medical training and his reflections on the proces
Less Human Than Human
Language: en
Pages: 48
Authors: Mark Antony Rossi
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-04 - Publisher: Soma Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Sex robots are no longer a component of science fiction movies. They have arrived--today. And their arrival is already bringing horrifying consequences of incre