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Simply human : a guide to understanding and combating hate /

"In Simply Human, leading global hate studies experts join forces, guiding us to a better understanding of human hatred, what works to confront it, what doesn't, and why. Edited by Kenneth Stern, a founder of the field of Hate Studies and the director of the Bard Center for the Study of Ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Simply human (Toronto, Ont.)
Other Authors: Stern, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Saul), 1953- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Hate.
Hate > Prevention.
Haine.
hate.
Hate > Social aspects
Social change
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Joseph J. Levin Jr.
  • Editor's preface / Kenneth S. Stern
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 1
  • 1. The ethics of combating hate / Thomas Brudholm and Birgitte Schepelern Johansen
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 2
  • 2. Elucidating the brain mechanisms that underlie hateful behavior / Adriana Galván
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 3
  • 3. The social psychology of group-based hate : characteristics, origins, and implications for interventions / Mengyao Li
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 4
  • 4. Multidirectional memory in the NGO sector : the case of the hate crimes working group and the value of cross-sector engagement / Adam Levin
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 5
  • 5. "Intimacy at a distance" : using parasocial interaction to reduce prejudice / Sarah E. Lowe and Charlene Joy Jimenez
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 6
  • 6. How NGOs can use economic arguments to undermine hate : a case study of hate against LGBTQI+ people / M. V. Lee Badgett
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 7
  • 7. The role of civil society in helping to establish a framework for the effective enforcement of hate crime laws / Jennifer Schweppe and Mark Austin Walters
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 8
  • 8. Hate and conspiracy theories / Joseph E. Uscinski
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 9
  • 9. Counterspeech : NGO strategies for responding to online hateful speech / Cathy Buerger
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 10
  • 10. Funding divides : how philanthropic systems can link public dollars to social division and political extremism / Lila Corwin Berman
  • Editor's introduction to chapter 11
  • 11. Considerations for evaluation : center learning / Irit Houvras
  • Conclusion / Kenneth S. Stern.