Tom Douglas

Scapegoats (eBook, ePUB)

Transferring Blame

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

forms of scapegoating in detail.menon, appearing in all societies at all times in groups large and small, in public and private organizations. In "Scapegoats, " Tom Douglas examines the process of scapegoating, from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators, tracing its development from earliest times as rite of atonement to the modern forms of the avoidance of blame and the victimization of innocents. The theories and explanations which social scientists have evolved to define scapegoating as a form of social behaviour are examined and the processes of its management and resolution are covered in detail. Finally, Douglas analyzes the distinction between the "rational"--deliberate and intentional victimization-- and the "irrational"--response to frustration of unknown or wrongly attributed causes-- forms of scapegoating in detail.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134836819
• Artikelnr.: 38255734

Autorenporträt

Tom Douglas has over forty years' experience of working with groups and for many years worked as a freelance groupwork consultant.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Ancient ritual
Chapter 1 Origins
Chapter 2 Purification and propitiation
Chapter 3 Sin-eaters, whipping boys and fall guys
Part 2 Social behaviour
Chapter 4 Scapegoating as public behaviour
Chapter 5 Scapegoating as social behaviour
Chapter 6 Victims
Part 3 Theories and explanations
Chapter 7 Attempts at understanding: the process
Chapter 8 Attempts at understanding: the victim
Part 4 Management
Chapter 9 The management of scapegoating
Chapter 10 The resolution of scapegoating
Chapter 11 Rite, ritual or survival strategy?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Index