Giovanni B. Corvino
University of Turin. Email: giovanni.corvino@edu.unito.it
Volume 13, Number 2, 2021 I Full-Text PDF
DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v13n2.39
Abstract:
The dehumanization processes represent a failure in the attribution of thinking skills to other human beings. Based on ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, and nationality, social prejudices are reinforced in basic neurocognitive structures. Still, their manifestation is conveyed by personal goals and normative beliefs, which develop in an environment of a dyadic relationship or intergroup contexts. Therefore, this paper aims to peruse the perspectives for a theory of dehumanization, supporting them with neuroscientific research on the neural basis, and exploring the forms of dehumanization that African Americans suffered when they were victims of lynching in the United States.
Keywords: dehumanization, lynching, cognitive bias