Prejudice and Inclusiveness in Adolescence: The Role of Social Dominance Orientation and Multiple Categorization

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 1183-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavia Albarello ◽  
Elisabetta Crocetti ◽  
Monica Rubini
Keyword(s):  
Social Dominance ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation

Obedient Authoritarians or Lay Darwinists?

2019 ◽  
pp. 29-61
Author(s):  
Michał Bilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Dominance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
Mass Murder ◽  
Social Darwinism ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
General Explanation

This chapter discusses the role of ideology in genocides, beyond the traditional conservatism–liberalism distinction. This chapter analyzes ideological views in greater detail by reviewing established psychological concepts, such as authoritarianism and social dominance orientation, as well as conspiracy theories, racial health ideology, and the concept of Lebensraum that formed the ideological foundation of the Holocaust and other large-scale crimes. Authoritarian ideology accurately explains the behavior of desk killers, bureaucrats responsible for organizing the mass murder. Social dominance ideology seems to give a more general explanation of genocide—it can be found in German social Darwinism, the idea of Lebensraum, the Nazi eugenic program, and the illusions spread by occupiers among the victims and the bystanders. The chapter suggests that deep study of ideologies might provide important insight into perpetrators’ worldviews and into their justifications of criminal acts, as well as an explanation of bystanders’ and victims’ behavior.

scholarly journals Reactions to Crime as a Hierarchy Regulating Strategy: The Moderating Role of Social Dominance Orientation

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva G. T. Green ◽  
Lotte Thomsen ◽  
Jim Sidanius ◽  
Christian Staerklé ◽  
Polina Potanina
Keyword(s):  
Social Dominance ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
Moderating Role
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