“In the history of our species, dehumanizing is there to help us consider others as imperfect human beings, animals, objects. It is there to enable us to carry out actions against persons that would be unacceptable in a normal context”.

 Chiara Volpato investigates the attitudes, behaviour, and social practices which, in an open and violent manner or in a subtle, devious way, exclude another person – opponent, enemy, odd man out – another member of the human race.