Scapegoats Transferring Blame

Name: Scapegoats Transferring Blame
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ISBN: 9780415110198

ISBN-10: 041511019X

ISBN-13: 9780415110198

Edition: 1995

Authors: Tom Douglas

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forms of scapegoating in detail.menon, appearing in all societies at all times in groups large and small, in public and private organizations. InScapegoats,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…

Book details

List price: $63.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/15/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




Ancient Ritual



Origins Tyndale's Word and Its Continued Use



Purification and Propitiation



Sin-Eaters, Whipping Boys and Fall Guys



Social Behaviour



Scapegoating as Public Behaviour



Scapegoating as Social Behaviour



Victims



Theories and Explanations



Attempts at Understanding: the Process



Attempts at Understanding: the Victim



Management



The Management of Scapegoating



The Resolution of Scapegoating



Rite, Ritual or Survival Strategy?


Bibliography


Index