A striking feature of atrocities, as seen in genocides, civil wars, or violence against certain racial and ethnic groups, is the attempt to dehumanize — to de

The study of contemporary forms of racism has expanded greatly over the past four decades. Although it has been a focus for scholarship and research for the pas

This volume is the first to focus solely on how specific individuals and groups in Byzantium and its borderlands were defined and distinguished from other indiv

A leading scholar explores what it means to dehumanize othersÑand how and why we do it. ÒI wouldnÕt have accepted that they were human beings. You would see

Made popular by John Rawls, ideal theory in political philosophy is concerned with putting preferences and interests to one side to achieve an impartial consens