Encounters with the "Other": How we continue to misunderstand, dehumanize, scorn, humiliate, oppress, and even kill other humans. And how we can stop.

Barry Oshry explains how genocides occur when cultures meet and demagogues sell us messages of superiority or purity. The two conventional solutions to encountering the "other", Purity and Tolerance, both exact a terrible cost. Instead we must change our patterns of interaction so the possibility of Power and Love, working together, can emerge.