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Emotions, Decision-Making and Mass Atrocities Through the Lens of the Macro-Micro Integrated Theoretical Model
By Olaoluwa Olusanya
Copyright 2014
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book rehumanizes perpetrators of mass atrocities. At present a victim/perpetrator dichotomy appears to be the dominant paradigm: perpetrators have either been ’mechanistically dehumanized’, that is, perceived as unemotional, hard-hearted and conforming and thereby lacking the core features of human nature or alternatively, they have been ’animalistically dehumanized’. In other words they are... Read more
Emotions, Decision-Making and Mass Atrocities
Biography
Olaoluwa Olusanya is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Law and Criminology, Aberystwyth University, UK. His most recent work has appeared in journals such as the British Journal of Criminology, New Criminal Law Review, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and Critical Criminology. He is a member of several associations including the British Society of Criminology, British Psychological Society Forensics Division (Affiliate member), British Sociological Association and the Higher Education Academy. He is the author of several books on international crimes.
’This innovative book punches well above its size, weight, and length. Olusanya offers a panoramic survey of the emotions in prompting, industrializing, coping with and, ultimately, transcending mass atrocity. Olusanya reminds us that perpetrators of mass atrocity, however ugly, still remain human. For Arendt, evil may be banal but for Olusanya this banality is the result of cognitive dissonance. This exciting book is bound to cause sparks, open debates, and refresh the field.’ Mark A. Drumbl, Transnational Law Institute Washington and Lee University, USA ’This is an insightful study that combines psychological and social theories to further our understanding of the dynamics of mass atrocities. Scholarly, cogent, and clear, the author brings to the fore the importance of emotions in criminal behaviour, and offers an original contribution to the study of mass violence.’ Majid Yar, University of Hull, UK 'The author’s efficiency and capacity to succinctly and accurately explain the various bodies of empirical research he is pulling together is impressive. As a detailed and multifactorial integration of criminological and psychological findings this book makes a real contribution to the field.' Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
