Institutional Aggression: Genocide

Institutional Aggression: Genocide

1. Staub

   • 5 stages of genocide: difficult social conditions/scapegoating of less powerful group/ dehumanisation of target group/moral values inapplicable, killing starts/passivity of bystanders enhances process.

2. Milgram

   • Claims obedience to authority is the result of situational pressures

3. Mandel

   • Argues Milgram’s account is monocausal-ignoring other  possible causes-and does not match historical record.

4. IDA-RWA

   • Esses et al=people high in social dominance orientation personality factor are more likely to dehumanise outgroup member, such as an asylum seeker.
   • Media depictions of refugees cheating the system cause greater contempt i  high SDO than low SDO. Thes negative attitudes are rationalised through ‘legitimising myth’ indicating to high SDO individuals that these groups deserve hostility because they’re less human.