{"product_id":"when-persons-with-intellectual-disabilities-conspired-9798290189482","title":"When Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Conspired","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joan M. Quitian Ramos\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"When Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Conspired\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fearless diagnosis of social breakdown\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on first-hand experience of sectarian violence, political corruption and forced exile, Joan M. Quitian Ramos dissects the \u003ci\u003esociocultural pathology\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book you will discover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe mechanics of decay\u003c\/b\u003e - 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDepersonalisation as a weapon\u003c\/b\u003e - See how individuals are stripped of identity and reduced to symbols, enabling moral disengagement and institutionalised brutality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe exploitation of the vulnerable\u003c\/b\u003e - Children and people with mental illnesses become political props and convenient scapegoats; their suffering is recycled to justify ever-harsher controls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchizophrenic impulsivity\u003c\/b\u003e - A unique concept describing the swarm-like surges of irrational aggression that erupt when fear and alienation replace empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe collapse-and possible reconstruction-of the social contract\u003c\/b\u003e - Ramos explains why societies that normalise dehumanisation slide into perpetual disorder, and why only radical, intrusive reforms can restore dignity and order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy this matters now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Bogot� 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho should read it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical scientists, sociologists and psychologists exploring state failure, collective behaviour and radicalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolicy-makers, NGO leaders and human-rights advocates seeking evidence-based strategies to protect at-risk communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of works by Hannah Arendt, Judith Butler or Jos� Ortega y Gasset who appreciate philosophical depth paired with lived testimony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll gain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"True misanthropy is earned, not inherited,\"\u003c\/i\u003e Ramos writes, yet his concluding chapters argue that renewal is still possible if we confront dehumanisation head-on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuy \"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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47813128880279,"sku":"9798290189482","price":4152.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798290189482.webp?v=1778333763","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/when-persons-with-intellectual-disabilities-conspired-9798290189482","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}