Our racist heart? an exploration of unconscious prejudice in everyday life
Few people today would admit to being a racist, or to making assumptions about individuals based on their skin colour, or on their gender or social class. In this book, leading psychologist Geoffrey Beattie asks if prejudice, more subtle than before, is still a major part of our everyday lives.Beatt...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2013.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798240806719 |
Summary: | Few people today would admit to being a racist, or to making assumptions about individuals based on their skin colour, or on their gender or social class. In this book, leading psychologist Geoffrey Beattie asks if prejudice, more subtle than before, is still a major part of our everyday lives.Beattie suggests that implicit biases based around race are not just found in small sections of our society, but that they also exist in the psyches of even the most liberal, educated and fair-minded of us. More importantly, the book outlines how these 'hidden' attitudes and prejudices c |
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Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781136232862 9780203100912 9781136232879 |