Psychology Today

Dehumanization, Genocide, and the Psychology of Indifference

We human beings have a remarkable ability to dehumanize one another: to conceive of others as subhuman creatures, and to treat them accordingly. I argue in my book Less Than Human: Why We Demean, ...

Study finds abusive bosses can make workers feel 'dehumanized,' fueling burnout

New research co-led by Liu-Qin Yang, a professor of psychology at Portland State University (PSU), suggests that the true ...
Psychology Today

Dehumanization: The Catastrophic Loss of Our Shared Humanity

Autoimmune conditions are a set of diseases that include rheumatoid arthritis, Type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis. They are caused by our immune systems misidentifying cells and tissues in our ...
Kellogg School of Management

"They See Us As Less Than Human": Meta-Dehumanization Predicts Intergroup Conflict Via Reciprocal Dehumanization

Citations: Kteily, Nour, G. Hodson, E. Bruneau. 2016. "They See Us As Less Than Human": Meta-Dehumanization Predicts Intergroup Conflict Via Reciprocal Dehumanization. Journal of Personality and ...
Kellogg School of Management

Backlash: The Politics and Real-World Consequences of Minority Group Dehumanization

Citations: Kteily, Nour, Emile Bruneau. 2017. Backlash: The Politics and Real-World Consequences of Minority Group Dehumanization. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. (1)87-104.