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Introduction : The dynamics of linguistic warfare -- Global war on the unwanted unborn -- Assaults on dependent and/or disabled discards -- Female objects of sexploitation and violence -- Destruction of the European Jews and others -- Genocide of the Soviet people -- Black slavery and kindred Americans -- Annihilation of Native Americans -- Deficient humans : on the margins of the human race -- Subhuman/nonhuman entities : below the level of humanity -- A species of lower animals and wild beasts -- Repulsive parasitic creatures -- Diseases of epidemic proportions -- Inanimate objects for exploitation -- Waste products : at the bottom of the subhuman scrap pile -- Legal nonpersons : nonexistence before the law -- The reality test : refuting the validity of disparaging designations -- Statements of semantic impact : assessing the devasting effects of words on deeds -- Toward a vocabulary of life-affirming images : replacing dehumanizing language with a language of humanization and divinization -- Postscript : Thinking the unthinkable : the prospects for expanding the boundaries of humanity.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-266) and index.