It is tempting to believe that dehumanization is an excess of rhetoric-that no one thinks his foe is truly monstrous. David Livingstone Smith argues otherwise, showing that when we dehumanize our enemies, we consider them both human and not. Dehumanization is a genuine psychological response to political manipulation, with harrowing consequences. Publisher: Harvard University Press Author(s): David Livingstone Smith Number of pages: 352 Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 217 x 147 x 32 Cover type: Hardback