Love to Hate : : America's Obsession with Hatred and Violence /

Love to Hate : : America's Obsession with Hatred and Violence / / Jody Roy.

Why? is the simple, impulsive question we ask when confronted by horrible acts of hatred and violence. Why do students shoot fellow students or employees their coworkers? Why do mothers drown their children or husbands stalk and kill their wives? Love to Hate challenges us to turn this question upon...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Roy, Jody,
MitwirkendeR:
Scarpo, Brent,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2002]
©2002
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Our Love-Hate Relationship with Hatred
  • 1. Us Versus Them
  • 2. Hate Talk: The Mind/Language Connection
  • 3. Hate Is Cool
  • Part 2. Hate, American Style
  • 4. Youthful Hatred: Are We Tough Enough?
  • 5. Glamorized Hatred: Our Obsession with Serial Killers
  • 6. Organized Hatred: Supremacy Movements
  • Conclusion: Freeing Ourselves from our Obsession with Hatred and Violence
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix 1: The Five Most Critical Resolutions Each of Us Can Make to Free Ourselves from Our Obsession with Hatred and Violence
  • Appendix 2: Self-Assessment Tools
  • Appendix 3: Twenty-Five Small Steps Toward Freeing Ourselves from Our Obsession with Hatred and Violence
  • Appendix 4: Tips for Parents (and Teachers): Raising Hate-Free and Hate-Proof Kids
  • Appendix 5: Resources
  • Notes
  • Index

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