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Cruelty, age, and thanatourism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Pierre L. van den Berghe
Pierre L. van den Berghe*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA98195-3340
*
plvdb@u.washington.edu
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Abstract:

Two areas of research for testing Nell's theory are suggested. One is cruelty's seemingly negative correlation with age, which would confirm its linkage with testosterone, sex, and dominance. The other is the special field of leisure activity called thanatourism, that is, the transformation of loci of human horror into tourist attractions.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 245
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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