Pacific Lutheran鈥檚 鈥楲ute Times鈥 reports on presentation by David Livingstone Smith
On February 25, 2014, Lutetimes.com, a publication of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, featured an article on a presentation by David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, given at the university on February 20th.
Smith, addressing a crowd of 300, presented a talk titled 鈥淟ess Than Human,鈥 based on his book Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Dehumanize Others.
Smith discussed how dehumanization is a factor in genocide, war and racism. 鈥淒ehumanization unleashes extreme violence, resulting in war, genocide and atrocity,鈥 he stated.