博客來＂When Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Conspired＂
A fearless diagnosis of social breakdown
Drawing on first-hand experience of sectarian violence, political corruption and forced exile, Joan M. Quitian Ramos dissects the sociocultural pathology that turns neighbours into enemies and entire nations against their own children. From the opening pages she shows how entrenched biases, historical grievances and weak institutions feed a self-reinforcing ＂feedback loop＂ of exclusion and rage.
Inside this book you will discover
The mechanics of decay - Learn how corrupted feedback loops amplify collective violence, erode public trust and hollow out governments until even the ruling elite must run for their lives.
Depersonalisation as a weapon - See how individuals are stripped of identity and reduced to symbols, enabling moral disengagement and institutionalised brutality.
The exploitation of the vulnerable - Children and people with mental illnesses become political props and convenient scapegoats; their suffering is recycled to justify ever-harsher controls.
Schizophrenic impulsivity - A unique concept describing the swarm-like surges of irrational aggression that erupt when fear and alienation replace empathy.
The collapse-and possible reconstruction-of the social contract - Ramos explains why societies that normalise dehumanisation slide into perpetual disorder, and why only radical, intrusive reforms can restore dignity and order.
Why this matters now
From Bogotá to Brussels and beyond, polarisation, conspiracy rhetoric and distrust in institutions are soaring. Ramos offers a rigorous framework for recognising early warning signs and for intervening before violent feedback loops become irreversible.
Who should read it
Political scientists, sociologists and psychologists exploring state failure, collective behaviour and radicalisation.
Policy-makers, NGO leaders and human-rights advocates seeking evidence-based strategies to protect at-risk communities.
Readers of works by Hannah Arendt, Judith Butler or José Ortega y Gasset who appreciate philosophical depth paired with lived testimony.
What you’ll gain
A lucid, uncompromising lens with which to examine your own culture’s blind spots-and a set of practical, ethically grounded principles for rebuilding empathy and civic resilience.
＂True misanthropy is earned, not inherited,＂ Ramos writes, yet his concluding chapters argue that renewal is still possible if we confront dehumanisation head-on.
Buy ＂When Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Conspired＂ today and equip yourself with the insight-and the courage-to break the cycle before it breaks us all.
