Article 3f: The Limited importance of dehumanization in collective violence (Lang, 2020)

Question 1

Dehumanisation thesis

Answer 1

Suggests that dehumanisation is an essential mechanism in intergroup violence.

Question 2

Critique to the dehumanisation thesis

Answer 2

A growing number of researchers points out that dehumanisation is NOT essentially needed for intergroup violence. Instead, evidence suggests that violence is often driven by the perpetrators strengthened moral justifications.