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Dehumanizing the Vulnerable

Name: Dehumanizing the Vulnerable
Author: William Brennan
ISBN: 9780829408218

by William Brennan

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The Major focus of my book, accordingly, is on the significance of name-calling as a strategy for justifying massive oppression. Many of the dehumanizing phrases examined in this study are so extreme, outlandish, and shocking that is is easy to dismiss them as the ravings of crazed individuals and fringe groups.

Shockingly relevant today, this hard-hitting study shows how dehumanizing language was and is being used to justify violent acts against vulnerable peoples--past and present--including the unborn, the elderly, women, Jews, and victims of Soviet tyranny. Dr. Brennan's argument focuses on the plight of today's unwanted, before and after birth and in the later stages of life.

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Brennan characterizes the language of feminist abortion rights advocates as "anti-life," linking it with the rhetoric used against Jews, women, Native Americans, African Americans, and some other victimized groups. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)