Attributing and denying humanness to others

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-85

  Haslam, Nick ^a   Loughnan, Stephen ^a   Kashima, Yoshihisa ^a   Bain, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dehumanisation; Essentialism; Human nature; Infrahumanisation; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051126741     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10463280801981645     Document Type: Article

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