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Introduction / Shashi Tharoor -- Prejudice : conceptual and universal dynamics -- From unmentalized xenophobia to messianic sadism : some reflections on the phenomenology of prejudice / Salman Akhtar -- Toward understanding prejudice : benign and malignant / Henri Parens -- Terrorism, fundamentalism and nihilism : analyzing the dilemmas of modernity / James Gilligan -- Developmental aspects of prejudice -- The development of prejudice : an attachment theory hypothesis explaining its ubiquity / Peter Fonagy and Anna Higgitt -- Roots of Prejudice : findings from observational research / Henri Parens -- Family development and the origin of prejudice / David Scharff and Jill Scharff -- The roots of prejudice in family life / Hans-Jurgen Wirth -- Malignant prejudice : specific kinds -- Anti-Black racism and the conception of whiteness / Forrest Hamer -- Contemporary anti-semitism : variations on an ancient theme / Ira Brenner -- Religious prejudice and the formation of Mormon and non-Mormon selves in Utah : a view from phenomenological anthropology / David Knowlton -- Panelalestinian-Israeli conflict / Nadia Ramzy -- Prejudice between Palestinians and Israelis / George Awad -- Belief systems, identity and the function of prejudice in Israeli politics / Carlo Strenger -- Prejudice : studies and prevention strategies -- A brief history of prejudice studies / Elizabeth Young-Bruehl -- The prejudices of everyday life with observations from field trials / Stuart W. Twemlow and Frank Sacco -- Germans and Israeli Jews : hidden emotional dynamics / Hanna Mann-Shalvi -- Malignant prejudice : guidelines toward its prevention / Henri Parens

Tim Parks, author of Where I'm Reading From, thinks ornate books like Catton's signal the increasingly formulaic highwire act of what he calls 'the dull new global novel.' He critiques the Spanish- Argentine writer Andres Neuman's Traveler of the Century and the Briton William Boyd's Waiting for Sunrise as 'complex literary novels together with the kind of high-tension plot that can attract a wider readership.' Imagine Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice without the provincial protocols of courtship in 19th-century Hertfordshire. The current shift in the novel dovetails with-and may even respond to-another development: Prestigious English-language book prizes, once limited to writers from a handful of countries, are opening up to worldwide competition. In 2013, when the Man Booker announced it would accept non-Commonwealth books, the decision drew fierce criticism. The world's writers and publishers are now invested in that game. While some novelists pander to the broadest possible international readership, however, many great ones still tilt in the other direction. Adapted from the source document.

Joseph talks about rights and reality for South African gay community. Discussing lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersex and queer rights (LGBTI) in South Africa is deeply contradictory. On the one hand, the country boasts some of the most progressive LGBTI rights in the world--from its constitution, protecting people from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, to legalized same sex unions. Cape Town is a popular holiday destination for the international LGBTI community, as well as being the centre for the 'pink rand'. In fact South Africa leads on the African continent when it comes to LGBTI rights. Adapted from the source document.

The nature of prejudice -- Prejudiced individuals -- Social categorization and prejudice -- Stereotyping and prejudice -- The development of prejudice in children -- Prejudice and intergroup relations -- Prejudice old and new -- Prejudice from the recipients' point of view -- Reducing prejudice

"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. We use simple economic insights to develop a framework for distinguishing between prejudice and statistical discrimination using observational data. We focus our inquiry on the enormous literature in healthcare where treatment disparities by race and gender are not explained by access, preferences, or severity. But treatment disparities, by themselves, cannot distinguish between two competing views of provider behavior. Physicians may consciously or unconsciously withhold treatment from minority groups despite similar benefits (prejudice) or because race and gender are associated with lower benefit from treatment (statistical discrimination). We demonstrate that these two views can only be distinguished using data on patient outcomes: for patients with the same propensity to be treated, prejudice implies a higher return from treatment for treated minorities, while statistical discrimination implies that returns are equalized. Using data on heart attack treatments, we do not find empirical support for prejudice-based explanations. Despite receiving less treatment, women and blacks receive slightly lower benefits from treatment, perhaps due to higher stroke risk, delays in seeking care, and providers over-treating minorities due to equity and liability concerns"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site

"Eighteen million people around the world live with HIV but do not know they are infected. Endangering both themselves and countless others, they represent a public health challenge that affects not only Africa but every part of the world, including Europe and the United States. We stand at a tipping point in the AIDS crisis - and unless we can increase the numbers tested and treated, we will not defeat it. In spite of the progress since the 1980s there are still over 1.5 million deaths and over 2 million new HIV infections a year. Norman Fowler has travelled to nine cities around the globe to report on the position today. What he discovered was a shocking blend of ignorance, prejudice, bigotry and intolerance. In Africa and Eastern Europe, a rising tide of discrimination against gays and lesbians prevents many from coming forward for testing. In Russia, drug users are dying because an intolerant government refuses to introduce the policies that would save them. Extraordinarily, Washington has followed suit and excluded financial help for proven policies on drugs, and has turned its back on sex workers. In this lucid yet powerful account, Norman Fowler reveals the steps that must be taken to prevent a global tragedy. Aids: Don't Die of Prejudice is both an in-depth investigation and an impassioned call to arms against the greatest public health threat in the world today."--Publisher's information