Ideologies of moral exclusion: A critical discursive reframing of depersonalization, delegitimization and dehumanization

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 717-737

  Tileagǎ, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEHUMANIZATION; DEPERSONALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MORALITY; ROMANIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

DEHUMANIZATION; DEPERSONALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MORALS; NARRATION; PREJUDICE; ROMANIA;

EID: 38149082229     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466607X186894     Document Type: Article

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