Emotions and mass atrocity : philosophical and theoretical explorations / edited by Thomas Brudholm, University of Copenhagen, Johannes Lang, Danish Institute for International Studies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index.

Introduction : Emotions and Mass Atrocity / Thomas Brudholm and Johannes Lang -- Part I. Causes and Dynamics. Mass Exterminations and the History of Emotions : The View from Classical Antiquity / David Konstan -- Fear, Hope, and the Formation of Specific Intention in Genocide / Neta C. Crawford -- The Proud Executioner : Pride and the Psychology of Genocide / Johannes Lang -- Pondering Hatred / Thomas Brudholm and Birgitte Schepelern Johansen -- Social Science and the Study of Perpetrators / Arne Johan Vetlesen -- Part II. Emotional Responses. "Destroy Your Sight with a New Gorgon" : Mass Atrocity and the Phenomenology of Horror / Adriana Cavarero -- Perpetrator Disgust : A Morally Destructive Emotion / Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic -- Unraveling the Meaning of Survivor Shame / Alba Montes Sánchez and Dan Zahavi -- Beyond Empathy and Compassion : Genocide and the Emotional Complexities of Humanitarian Politics / Andrew A.G. Ross -- Part III. Repair and Commemoration. Hope(s) after Genocide / Margaret Urban Walker -- Traumatic Emotions / Jeffrey Blustein -- Embarrassment and Political Repair / Nir Eisikovits.