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Dehumanizing the Vulnerable: When Word Games Take Lives [Paperback]

William Brennan (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Life Cycle Books; Reprint edition (Nov 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0919225195
  • ISBN-13: 978-0919225190
  • Product Dimensions: 15 x 21.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Brennan characterizes the language of feminist abortion rights advocates as "anti-life," linking it with the rhetoric used against Jews, women, Native Americans, African Americans, and some other victimized groups. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thought Provoking - 20 Jan 2010
By Bridget Manning
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A Powerful Book - and so true. William Brennan has enlightened my mind about the attitudes of those - even in our modern day - who can use words and phrases in order to negate the horror of what is and went on in our world from time immemorial in order to manipulate the thinking of their peers about the various classes of humanity to further their own agenda. It is a book which should be read by al students who are studying humanity in all its precious form.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent exposition on verbal corruption 26 Jun 2000
By Kevin Jones - Published on Amazon.com
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In this surprisingly compact book, Professor Brennan documents characteristics of the dehumanizing rhetoric which has accompanied so many atrocities of history. His text provides persuasive evidence that the rationalizations used to justify destroying other human beings are rather uncreative, falling into only eight categories. Brennan classifies these alibis of destruction into "Deficient" humans, nonhumans, animals, parasites, diseases, inanimate objects, waste products, and the Orwellian "legal nonperson." He focuses upon the plight of women, European Jews, American blacks, the unborn, and the disabled.

Brennan's commentary on the "semantic gymnastics" by which some people have dehumanized others is sharp, though pedants like myself would enjoy several hundred pages asking whether semantic corruption precedes mass oppression, or merely rationalizes oppressive actions already in progress.

While reading the concluding chapters, I was reminded of Simone Weil's comment that force turns a person into a *thing*, an object, a non-human. Brennan shows us the powerful force of words, those mere utterances that have for too long confined men and women to toil, terror, and death.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very, VERY important book 13 April 2000
By Tim Drake - Published on Amazon.com
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Author William Brennan takes a much-needed look at the semantics of oppression. He effectively shows that the language used to justify the treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government, African Americans prior to the end of slavery, and European Jews during World War II is the same language used to speak of the unborn in today's culture.

This is an eye-opening book and there can be no denying the author's powerful thesis.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Consistent Pro-Life Ethic Illustrated 28 May 2001
By Sarah Wood - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
One of my favorite books, Dehumanizing the Vulnerable illustrates how human beings are reduced to non-human status by those who wish to destroy them, and it starts with the power of words. Everyone from unborn babies to people of certain ethnic backgrounds have been the victims of those who were the "pro-choice" movement of the time. ("Pro-choice" in owning a slave, murdering Jews or "terminating" an unborn baby.) This book is relevant not only to those who oppose abortion, but those like myself who oppose the entire spectrum of aggression (including war and the death penalty). Invaluable for all human rights activist, whether your focus is on the rights of humans in the womb,out of the womb---or both.
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