Globalising hatred: the new Antisemitism

Operating through hatred.

Surgeons share their challenges and dilemmas in making ethical decisions in these twelve personal stories. The three commentary articles draw out the lessons the stories address. The commentators come from diverse backgrounds including sociology, bioethics, nursing, and surgery.

The Social Psychology of Hatred

Hatred has not typically been a topic of research in the field of social psychology, although several components which embody hatred have been studied extensively in this field. Social psychologists have traditionally considered prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination and intergroup aggression to be highly important and socially relevant topics for research, and thousands of studies by social p...

Epidemiology in a globalising world: new challenges for researchers.

Globalising Human Development

In the Christian social tradition (hereafter referred to as «Cst»), human development is regarded as integrally connected to the common good. In this tradition, therefore, globalising human development is inextricably linked to understanding and promoting the global common good. In this paper, we will compare the answers to our two basic questions from the Cst with those that come out of the Hu...

The Political Economy of Hatred*

This paper develops a model of the interaction between the supply of hatecreating stories from politicians and the willingness of voters to listen to hatred. Hatred is fostered with stories of an out-group’s crimes, but the impact of these stories comes from repetition not truth. Hate-creating stories are supplied by politicians when such actions help to discredit opponents whose policies benef...