Infra-humanizing others, supra-humanizing gods: The emotional hierarchy

Social Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-247

  Demoulin, Stéphanie ^a   Saroglou, Vassilis ^a   Van Pachterbeke, Matthieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 61649083749     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2008.26.2.235     Document Type: Article

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