TY  - GEN
T1  - Humanity : a moral history of the twentieth century
A1  - Glover, Jonathan
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven, CT
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn191731145
AB  - The twentieth century was the most brutal in human history, featuring a litany of shameful events that includes the Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Stalinist era, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda. This important book looks at the politics of our times and the roots of human nature to discover why so many atrocities were perpetuated and how we can create a social environment to prevent their recurrence. Jonathan Glover finds similarities in the psychology of those who perpetuate, collaborate in, and are complicit with atrocities, uncovering some disturbing common elements--tribal hatred, blind adherence to ideology, diminished personal responsibility--as well as characteristics unique to each situation. Acknowledging that human nature has a dark and destructive side, he proposes that we encourage the development of a political and personal moral imagination that will compel us to refrain from and protest all acts of cruelty.
OP  - 464
CN  - D204 .G56 2000eb
SN  - 9780300132984
SN  - 0300132980
SN  - 1281731196
SN  - 9781281731197
SN  - 9780300087154
SN  - 0300087152
SN  - 0224052403
SN  - 9780224052405
SN  - 0300087004
SN  - 9780300087000
KW  - History, Modern : 20th century : Moral and ethical aspects.
KW  - Humanism : history
KW  - Morals
KW  - History, 20th Century
KW  - Histoire : 20e siècle : Aspect moral.
KW  - Médecine : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - HISTORY : Modern.
KW  - World history : 20th Century : Moral and ethical aspects.
KW  - 1900-1999
ER  -