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Introduction Introduction
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Infrahumanization as Post Hoc Justification Infrahumanization as Post Hoc Justification
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Objectification as a Means to an End Objectification as a Means to an End
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The Meat Paradox as Proactive Emotion Regulation The Meat Paradox as Proactive Emotion Regulation
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Doctor–Patient Paradigm Doctor–Patient Paradigm
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18 Culture and Dehumanization: A Case Study of the Doctor–Patient Paradigm and Implications for Global Health
Get accessEmily P. Sands, Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Lasana T. Harris, Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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Published:18 March 2022
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Abstract
Dehumanization manifests itself in people’s everyday lives. Through a dehumanization lens, one can deconstruct and comprehend many aggressive behavioral trends that are not always overt expressions of bias but rather continuous and pervasive cultural and societal tendencies. However, dehumanization may also have benefits, facilitating pro-social behaviors in medical contexts. This chapter will explore how dehumanization manifests in intergroup, objectifying, and dietary contexts, comparing these to the doctor-patient relationship. It then reviews emerging research in the medical context where dehumanization may be beneficial, contrasting it with the more notorious aforementioned instances. Since dehumanization manifests itself constantly and ubiquitously in modern society, pulling apart such intricacies allows one to identify, understand, and intervene with the intention of highlighting the beneficial and detrimental effects dehumanization has on global health. Importantly, this chapter will evaluate and explore dehumanization from a cultural neuroscience perspective rather than from a social processing viewpoint, with the intention of demystifying the functionality of the fundamental cognitive practices that generate the behaviors seen in dehumanization practices.
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