The roots of goodness and resistance to evil : inclusive caring, moral courage, altruism born of suffering, active bystandership, and heroism / Ervin Staub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staub, Ervin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil--Psychological aspects.

Good and evil.

Altruism--Psychological aspects.

Altruism.

Courage--Psychological aspects.

Courage.

Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

xiii, 389 pages ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Summary:

In The Roots of Goodness and Resistance to Evil, Ervin Staub draws on his extensive experiences in scholarship and intervention to illuminate the socializing experiences, education, and trainings that lead children and adults to become active bystanders and rescuers, helping to prevent violence and create peaceful and harmonious societies. The book collects Staub's important and influential recent articles and essays in the field together with newly written chapters, with wide-ranging examples of helping behaviors as well as research and discussion showing why we should help and not harm others. Advance Praise for the Roots of Goodness and Resistance to Evil Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Examples of Goodness and Passivity and Overview of the Book 1

2 Why We Should Help and Not Harm Others 19

3 Inclusive Caring, Moral Courage, Basic Human Needs, Altruism Born of Suffering: Socialization and Experience 33

4 Basic Psychological Needs, Caring and Violence, and Optimal Human Functioning 61

5 Learning by Doing and Natural Socialization: The Evolution of Helping and Caring (and Violence) Through One's Own Actions 77

6 Passivity: Bystanders to Genocide 95

7 The Psychology of Rescue: Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Heroic Helpers 99

8 Psychology, Morality, Devaluation, and Evil 107

9 Helping Psychologically Wounded Children Heal 111

10 Altruism Born of Suffering: The Roots of Caring and Helping After Victimization and Other Trauma / Ervin Staub Staub, Ervin, Johanna Vollhardt Vollhardt, Johanna 115

11 The Heroism of Survivors: Survivors Saving Themselves and the Impact on Their Lives 141

12 Heroes and Other Committed Individuals 147

13 How Can We Become Good Bystanders-in Response to Needs Around Us and in the World? 151

14 Understanding Police Violence and Active Bystandership in Preventing It 157

15 Many Students Are Happy, Others Are Bullied, Some Excluded: Active Bystandership Helps 161

16 Training Active Bystanders in Schools (and Other Settings) 165

17 Education and Trainings as Routes to Helping, Nonaggression, Compassion, and Heroism 181

18 Advancing Healing and Reconciliation-in Rwanda and Beyond / Ervin Staub Staub, Ervin, Laurie Anne Pearlman Pearlman, Laurie Anne 185

19 Public Education for Reconciliation and Peace: Changing Hearts and Minds: Musekeweya, an Educational Radio Drama in Rwanda 211

20 Preventing Violence and Terrorism and Promoting Positive Relations Between Dutch and Muslim Communities in Amsterdam 227

21 The Impact of the Staub Model on Policymaking in Amsterdam Regarding Polarization and Radicalization / Jeroen de Lange Lange, Jeroen de 251

22 The Roots of Helping, Heroism, and Resistance to and the Prevention of Mass Violence: Active Bystandership in Extreme Times and in Building Peaceful Societies 255

23 Exploring Moral Courage and Heroism 289

24 Nonviolence as a Way to Address Injustice and Group Conflict 301

25 An Unassuming Hero 305

26 Bystandership-One Can Make a Difference: Interview with Ervin Staub / Nancy R. Goodman Goodman, Nancy R., Marilyn B. Meyers Meyers, Marilyn B. 309

27 Summary Table of the Roots of Caring, Helping, Active Bystandership, Resistance to Violence, and Creating Caring Societies 325

28 Creating Caring Societies: Values, Culture, Institutions 329.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195382037

019538203X

OCLC:

884500274