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Name: Becoming Evil
Author: James Waller

In *Becoming Evil*, James Waller explores the psychological foundations of extraordinary human evil through a series of case studies and theoretical models. Beginning with the nature of extreme cruelty and historical lessons from places such as Mauthausen, Babi Yar, and Srebrenica, he examines how ideology, personality traits, and social context combine to make ordinary people capable of monstrous acts. The book concludes with reflections on the possibility of preventing future atrocities.

First publish date: 2002

Genre: Psychology/Social Psychology

Authors: James Waller

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