Buffett First Friday Lunch: Darker Demons of Our Nature with Nour Kteily

Join the Buffett Institute for a faculty research lunchtime talk series on the first Friday of every month. Faculty members give a half-hour talk intended for a broad, multidisciplinary audience of Northwestern students, faculty and staff, followed by a conversational Q&A. Lunch is provided beginning at 12:15 p.m.

Nour Kteily, Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Business, will discuss the persistence of blatant dehumanization, examine its consequences, and consider interventions to mitigate its effects.

Although dehumanization research first emerged following the overt and conscious denials of humanity present during war and genocide, modern dehumanization research largely examines more subtle and implicit forms of dehumanization in more everyday settings. I argue for the need to reorient the research agenda toward understanding when and why individuals blatantly dehumanize others. I review recent research in a range of contexts suggesting that blatant dehumanization is surprisingly prevalent and potent, uniquely predicting aggressive intergroup attitudes and behavior beyond subtle forms of dehumanization and outgroup dislike, and promoting vicious cycles of conflict.

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