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Lobaczewski adopted the term from the branch of theology dealing with the study of evil, derived from the Greek word ''poneros''. |
Lobaczewski adopted the term from the branch of theology dealing with the study of evil, derived from the Greek word ''poneros''. |
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"Ponerology" is the name given by Polish psychiatrist Andrzej Lobacewski to an interdisciplinary study of the causes of periods of war, genocide, and oppression.[1] This discipline makes use of data from psychology, psychopathology, sociology, philosophy, and history to account for such phenomena as aggressive war, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and police states. The original theory and research was conducted by psychologists and psychiatrists working in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary in the years before the institution of Communism such as Kazimierz Dabrowski and Stefan Blachowski.[2]
Lobaczewski adopted the term from the branch of theology dealing with the study of evil, derived from the Greek word poneros.