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What Does It Mean To Be Human? Why Do People Dehumanize Others (and Sometimes Themselves)? These Questions Have Only Recently Begun To Be Investigated In Earnest Within Psychology. This Volume Presents The Latest Thinking About These And Related Questions From Research Leaders In The Field Of Humanness And Dehumanization In Social Psychology And Related Disciplines. Contributions Provide New Insights Into The History Of Dehumanization And Its Different Types, And New Theories Are Proposed For When And Why Dehumanization Occurs. While People's Views About What Humanness Is, And And Who Has It, Have Long Been Known As Important In Understanding Ethnic Conflict, Contributors Demonstrate Its Relevance In Other Domains, Including Medical Practice, Policing, Gender Relations, And Our Relationship With The Natural Environment. Cultural Differences And Similarities In Beliefs About Humanness Are Explored, Along With Strategies To Overcome Dehumanization. In Highlighting Emerging Ideas And Theoretical Perspectives, Describing Current Theoretical Issues And Controversies And Ways To Resolve Them, And Extending Research To New Areas, This Volume Will Influence Research On Humanness And Dehumanization For Many Years. -- From Back Cover. Advances In Understanding Humanness And Dehumanization / Paul G. Bain, Jeroen Vaes, And Jacques-philippe Leyens -- An Anthropological History Of Dehumanization From Late-18th To Mid-20th Centuries / Gustav Jahoda -- What Is Dehumanization? / Nick Haslam -- The Lesser Minds Problem / Adam Waytz, Juliana Schroeder, And Nicholas Epley -- Dehumanized Perception: Psychological And Neural Mechanisms Underlying Everyday Dehumanization / Victoria K. Lee And Lasana T. Harris -- (over)valuing Humanness As An Aggravator Of Intergroup Prejudices And Discrimination / Gordon Hodson, Cara C. Macinnis, And Kimberly Costello -- Dehumanization: A Threat And Solution To Terror Management / Nathan A. Heflick And Jamie L. Goldenberg -- Dehumanization, Moral Disengagement, And Public Attitudes To Crime And Punishment / Milica Vasiljevic And G. Tendayi Viki -- Cops And Criminals: The Interplay Of Mechanistic And Animalistic Dehumanization In The Criminal Justice System / Rebecca C. Hetey And Jennifer L. Eberhardt -- Humanity Forever In Medical Dehumanization / Jacques-philippe Leyens -- The Inhuman Body: When Sexual Objectification Becomes Dehumanizing / Jeroen Vaes, Steve Loughnan, And Elisa Puvia -- An Interpersonal Perspective On Dehumanization / Brock Bastian, Jolanda Jetten, And Nick Haslam -- The Structure And Content Of The Human Category, And Its Implications For Understanding Dehumanization / Paul G. Bain -- Dehumanization As A Denial Of Human Potentials: The Naïve Theory Of Humanity Perspective / Mirosław Kofta, Tomasz Baran, And Monika Tarnowska -- More Human: Individuation In The 21st Century / Jillian K. Swencionis And Susan T. Fiske -- On Human-nature Relationships / Yoshihisa Kashima And Elise Margetts -- Understanding Humanness And Dehumanization: Emerging Themes And Directions / Jeroen Vaes, Paul G. Bain, And Jacques-philippe Leyens. Edited By Paul G. Bain, Jeroen Vaes, And Jacques-philippe Leyens. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.