
Humanos, animales y máquinas: entendiendo el proceso de deshumanización
Author(s) -
Rocío Martínez,
Miguel Moya,
Rosa RodríguezBailón
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
escritos de psicología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1989-3809
pISSN - 1138-2635
DOI - 10.5231/psy.writ.2017.30112
Subject(s) - humanities , philosophy
The study of dehumanization began just over a decade. Since then many studies have shown how people perceive outgroup members as less human than ingroup members. In the present work, we firstly analyze how people define humanity is and how we consequently understand what dehumanization is. Secondly, we will present the two main forms of dehumanization: Animalistic (perceiving others as if they were animals) and mechanistic (perceiving others as robots and machines). Thirdly, the main measures of dehumanization as well as the main approaches in the area are presented: the attribute- and the metaphor-based dehumanization. Finally, we examine the main consequences of\uddehumanization and its impact on intergroup and interpersonal\udrelationships