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Zusatztext `Scapegoats is a shrewd and agreeably written book on an important but under-investigated topic...it should be read by everyone with an interest in society or a concern about their relations with others.' Times Higher Education Supplement Informationen zum Autor Tom Douglas has over forty years' experience of working with groups and for many years worked as a freelance groupwork consultant. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Directly responds to the Diploma in Social Work's call for anti-discriminatory texts. Examines scapegoating, its history, and distinctions betweeen rational and irrational forms of this behaviour. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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;...
