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Scapegoats : transferring blame /
Scapegoats are a universal phenomenon, appearing in all societies at all times in groups large and small, in public and private organizations. Hardly a week passes without some media reference to someone or something being made a scapegoat. Tom Douglas examines the process of scapegoating from the p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Scapegoats are a universal phenomenon, appearing in all societies at all times in groups large and small, in public and private organizations. Hardly a week passes without some media reference to someone or something being made a scapegoat. 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 victimisation of innocents. The differences and similarities between the ancient and modern forms are examined to reveal that despite the mo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203410688 9780203410684 9786610322497 661032249X 9780415110181 0415110181 9780415110198 041511019X 9781134836826 1134836821 9781134836772 1134836775 9781134836819 1134836813 |