Hate Unleashed: America's Cataclysmic Change
byEdward Dunbar, EdD, is clinical professor in the Department of Psychology at University of California, Los Angeles.
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Dunbar, Edward. Hate Unleashed: America's Cataclysmic Change. Praeger, 2017. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440858154.
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This book investigates the psychological factors that led to the election of Donald Trump and the accompanying escalation of hate violence and intolerance in the United States. It also spells out the challenge for Americans of living in a time of political conservatism and unbridled hostility towards minorities, immigrants, and socially progressive individuals—and what democratic-minded people can do to take action.
• Presents and examines presidential polling data and the discernible relationship to hate crime incidence data• Looks at data on victims of post-election 2016 hate incidents
• Identifies the patterns in and correlations between historical violence, political differences, and voting patterns
• Shows how demographic information regarding economics and poverty could have strongly predicted the 2016 election outcome
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Table of Contents
Hate Unleashed: America's Cataclysmic Change
Author(s): Dunbar, Edward;Contributors: Dunbar, Edward;Abstract:This book investigates the psychological factors that led to the election of Donald Trump and the accompanying escalation of hate violence and intolerance in the United States. It also spells out the challenge for Americans of living in a time of political conservatism and unbridled hostility towards minorities, immigrants, and socially progressive individuals—and what democratic-minded people can do to take action.
• Presents and examines presidential polling data and the discernible relationship to hate crime incidence data• Looks at data on victims of post-election 2016 hate incidents
• Identifies the patterns in and correlations between historical violence, political differences, and voting patterns
• Shows how demographic information regarding economics and poverty could have strongly predicted the 2016 election outcome
SortTitle: hate unleashed: america's cataclysmic changeAuthor Info:Edward W. Dunbar Ph.D.authorEdward Dunbar, EdD, is clinical professor in the Department of Psychology at University of California, Los Angeles.
eISBN-13: 9781440858154Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440858154.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440858147Imprint: PraegerPages: 264Publication Date: 20171231- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Preface vii8
- Chapter 1: Shock and Awe of Cultural Cataclysms 112
- Cultural Cataclysms 314
- 2016 in Context: Global Challenges to Democracy and Multiculturalism 617
- Collective “Shock and Awe” of Cataclysmic Cultural Disruption 718
- Survey Reactions to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election 920
- Expressed Concerns for Family and Friends 1425
- Cultural Cataclysm and In-Group–Out-Group Power Relationships 1627
- In-Group and Out-Group Equity—Guiding Principle Is to Investigate Intergroup Relationships 1728
- Cultural Relativism—Guiding Principle of Tolerance 1829
- Dominant Group Control of the Societal Stasis—Guiding Principle of Dominance 1829
- Hegemony of Dominant In-Group—Guiding Principle of Elimination of Out-Groups 1930
- Totalitarian Xenophobia—Guiding Principle of Out-Group Extermination 2132
- Summary 2536
- Chapter 2: Selling Biased Ideology, or How to Elect an Autocrat 2940
- Fear Activation: Mortality Salience and Terror Threat 3041
- Activating Deep Cultural Traditions 3243
- Culturally Anchored Themes of Terror Threat 3445
- Role of Perceived Economic Deprivation 3546
- Examining the Rhetoric of Cataclysmic Change 3748
- Core Elements of Hate-Based Political Rhetoric 4556
- The Role of Rapid Social Media Messaging and Trump 4758
- Linking Alt-Right and Populist Ideologies 4859
- The Hard Facts: Consequences of Normalizing Hate 5061
- Summary 5263
- Chapter 3: We Aren’t in Kansas Anymore: The Followers of Regime Change 5566
- Psychology of the Follower: Economic Deprivation 5768
- Economic Privation and Hate Activity 6172
- Psychology of the Follower: Urban, Rural, and Regional Political Orientations 6273
- Psychology of the Follower: Social Desirability, Implicit Bias, and the Ballot Box 6980
- Psychology of the Follower: Gendered Opinions and Bias 7283
- Politics, the Media, and Other Expletives 7687
- Fake News “поддельные новости” 7889
- Summary 8495
- Chapter 4: How We Hate: From Social Intolerance to Criminal Motivation 8798
- Factors of the New Societal Stasis of Intolerance 89100
- Hate and Ideology in Bias-Motivated Violence 97108
- Markers of Hate Crime Perpetration 102113
- Presence of Hate Paraphernalia and Symbols 103114
- Hate Group or Racialized Gang Membership 104115
- Articulated Ethnic/Race-Based Hate Ideology 105116
- Punishment of Sexually Deviant Behavior 106117
- Aggressive “Sexual Self-Defense”/Homosexual Panic 107118
- Gender-Bending Aggression and Hostility 107118
- Hate Speech during Commission of Offense 108119
- Prior History of Hate Aggression/Criminality 109120
- Articulated Religious Ideology-Based Aggression 109120
- Offense Absent Motive of Material or Extrinsic Reward 110121
- Effort to Defend Turf or Neighborhood 110121
- Victim Unknown to Suspect 111122
- Normalizing the Abnormal 111122
- Summary 112123
- Chapter 5: The Fallout of Hate after 11/8 115126
- Activating Events That Spike Hate Violence 115126
- Campaign Rhetoric and the Triggering of Hatred 117128
- Post-11/8 Victimization: Case Illustrations 118129
- Reports of Postelection Hate Victimization: SPLC Project 122133
- Postelection Hate Victimization: Human Rights Campaign Study 125136
- Analyzing Media-Reported Post-11/8 Hate Activity 127138
- Orange County, California: Documenting Post-11/8 Hate Incidents 128139
- Analyzing Online Survey Responses 129140
- Community Response: Government and NGO Initiatives 130141
- Long-Term Hate Fallout of 11/8 133144
- Summary 135146
- Chapter 6: Political Persuasion: Debating and Engaging Hatred 139150
- The Psychological Science of Power and Persuasion 140151
- Studies on Persuasion about Hate Crime Laws 141152
- Harsh Persuasion, Political Instability, and Ultranationalism 143154
- Soft Persuasion and the Liberal Tradition 145156
- Soft Influence and Cultural Relativism 147158
- Positivism vs. Psychological Fact-Finding 149160
- Practiced Catastrophization 150161
- What Constitute Useful Strategies of Advocacy? 151162
- Summary 157168
- Chapter 7: You Can’t Go Home Again: Interpersonal Conflict and the Erosion of Social Cohesion 159170
- Online Survey of Post-11/8 Interpersonal Conflicts 161172
- Characteristics of Interpersonal Conflict in Our Cultural Cataclysm 163174
- Forms of Empathic Failure Post-11/8 165176
- Fallout of 11/8: Loss of Social Cohesion 167178
- Thought Experiment: Argumentation Points 169180
- Characters of the Cultural Cataclysm 170181
- Summary 177188
- Chapter 8: Swimming against the Current: Coping in Politically Fluid Environments 179190
- Personal Coping Strategies with Societal Cataclysm 180191
- Case Illustrations: Coping and Surviving under Oppression 181192
- Challenges to Identity in Societies of Oppression 188199
- Building Our Cultural Immunocompetency 189200
- Stakeholders Coping with Societal Cataclysm 191202
- The Shape of Things to Come 196207
- Reasons to Be Cheerful or “Waiting Out the Authoritarians” 197208
- Civil Society and the Phoenix 198209
- Sweating Sickness of Our Age 199210
- Summary 200211
- Resources to Address Hate Violence 203214
- Notes 207218
- References 211222
- Index 239250
- About the Author 251262