Objectification and (De)Humanization: 60th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation

by Sarah J. Gervais

Book Overview

​​People often see nonhuman agents as human-like. Through the processes of anthropomorphism and humanization, people attribute human characteristics, including personalities, free will, and agency to pets, cars, gods, nature, and the like. Similarly, there are some people who often see human agents as less than human, or more object-like. In this manner, objectification describes the treatment of a human being as a thing, disregarding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461469589
• ISBN13: 9781461469582
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"