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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 305.8 EAN: 9780205460878 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0205460879 Label: Allyn & Bacon Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: November 16, 2006 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Studio: Allyn & Bacon Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This text explores two forms of hate and prejudice -- racism in contemporary American society and the historical occurrence of anti-Semitism -- under a single conceptual framework. Jack Levin, is a well-known scholar, author, and lecturer on the subject of hate crimes. In this book he shows how support for both racism and anti-Semitism can be conceptualized as occurring among four groups: hatemongers, dabblers, sympathizers, and spectators. Levin argues that hate and prejudice continue at a very dangerous level in our society, and that hate typically emanates not from the ranting and raving of a few people at the margins of society, but from ordinary people in the mainstream. Average Rating:
 Rating: - I had to read this in a diversity classI am taking a diversity class at my local community college called "Racial and Cultural Minorities". "The Violence of Hate" is a mandatory book assignment and the teacher said he was going to give us extra credit if we'd write up a little critique about it. Since there's not much on the net about this, I figured I'd share it with the rest of you, too. The book is written by Dr. Jack Levin, a professor of Sociology and Criminology. He's also director of the Brudnick Center on ... Read More 
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