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  • Hatred

  • Understanding Our Most Dangerous Emotion
  • By: Berit Brogaard
  • Narrated by: Janet Metzger
  • Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Hatred

By: Berit Brogaard
Narrated by: Janet Metzger
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Hatred is often considered the opposite of love, but in many ways it is much more complicated. It also may be considered one of the dominant emotions of our time, as individuals, groups, and even nations express or enact hatred to varying degrees. What is hatred? Where does it come from, and what does it reveal about the hater? And is hatred always a bad thing?

Brogaard makes a deep dive into the moral psychology of one of our most complex and vivid emotions. She explores how hatred arises between people and among groups. She also shows how hate, like anger, can sometimes be appropriate and fitting. Other questions she addresses are: How does hate differ from anger, disgust, fear, and other related emotions? Is fear an essential part of hatred? How does hatred affect what happens inside the brain? How did hate evolve in human history? Is hatred ever morally justified? Can you hate and love at the same time? Can one hate oneself? How do implicit biases trigger hatred of groups?

This accessible, timely, and novel look at an underexplored emotion will employ examples from current events as well as art and literature and popular culture.

©2020 Oxford University Press (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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could've been much shorter.

There were some parts that needed the detail. Such as the emotions that lead up to hatred for example.

However, she spent so much time with the details that she got away from the premise of the book. She said she was going to argue for why we need hatred. She only made a few positive notes on it.

After completing the book all I could think was that the author had an imperfect view on the topic. For example she spent an entire chapter breaking down misogyny without mentioning misandry a single time throughout the book...

Not to say there aren't good notes about hatred in this book... You just have to cleave through a lot of pointless filler.

Also, I don't like when authors talk about themselves in a book thats not about them. (just a minor nitpick)

And with the narrator... She was so quick and banal with her tone that it was hard to realize when she switched topics.

Could've been shorter. Performer could've had more fun reading.

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