Includes bibliographical references and index.

From Plato to Putnam : four ways to think about hate / Edward B. Royzman, Clark McCauley, Paul Rozin -- Understanding and combating hate / Robert J. Sternberg -- The origins and evolution of hate, with notes on prevention / Ervin Staub -- A cognitive perspective on hate and violence / Aaron T. Beck, James Pretzer -- Roots of hate, violence, and evil / Roy F. Baumeister, David A. Butz -- The diminution of hate through the promotion of positive individual-context relations / Richard M. Lerner ... [et al.] -- Hate, conflict, and moral exclusion / Susan Opotow -- On hate and its determinants : some affective and cognitive influences / Leonard Berkowitz -- Genocidal hatred : now you see it, now you don't / David Moshman -- On the nature of prejudice : the psychological foundations of hate / John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, Adam R. Pearson -- Hate is the imitation of love / C. Fred Alford.