Feeling distant or disconnected from loved ones, certain environments, or even yourself can be a symptom of alienation. Understanding its causes may help you cope. Alienation occurs when a person ...
Why do we make others feel less than? Racism, sexism, homophobia, torture, even genocide. These are some of the horrible things that can happen when a group of people is dehumanized, or thought of as ...
During the past week, the news has brought us difficult images and sounds: Migrant and refugee children huddled in steel cages. Children and parents wailing as they are torn apart by American agents.
It’s an oft-observed irony that social media is far more effective at alienating us from others than connecting us to others. This is especially apparent in the wake of a year of quarantine when most ...
It’s an oft-observed irony that social media is far more effective at alienating us from others than connecting us to others. This is especially apparent in the wake of a year of quarantine when most ...
Dehumanization refers to the attribution of sub-human qualities to individuals or groups, stripping them of the moral and social standing afforded to fellow humans. Within social psychology, ...
It has long been thought that when people characterized others as less-than-human, it was an expression of extreme dislike. New research shows that in fact judgements about dislike and dehumanization ...