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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458321403321

Autore

Lichtenberg Philip

Titolo

Encountering bigotry : befriending projecting persons in everyday life / / Philip Lichtenberg, Janneke van Beusekom, Dorothy Gibbons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-138-46214-4

1-315-78195-6

1-317-70706-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

GestaltPress book

Altri autori (Persone)

GibbonsDorothy

Van BeusekomJanneke

Disciplina

179/.9

Soggetti

Toleration

Prejudices

Discrimination - Psychological aspects

Projection (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1997 by A GestaltPress Book"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Encountering Bigotry; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: On Mundane Projections; 1 A Common Occurrence; 2 Principles of Faulty Projections; 3 Invitations to Collaborate with Projections; 4 What Comes Up in the Invitee?; 5 What Is Happening in the Transaction?; 6 Variations in Projecting; Part II: Ways of Handling Projections; 7 Poor Handling; 8 The Role of Self-Hatred in Projections and Poor Handling; 9 Three Guidelines to Good Enough Handling; 10 Good Handling; 11 Two Stories; 12 Elaboration and Reflections; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Encountering Bigotry examines the occurrence of emotionally fraught and socially provocative expressions, such as racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, classism, and other forms of hatred of outgroups or others, in everyday experience.  The editors categorize such remarks as projections, particular forms of perceiving oneself and others in the world.  This projection allows the person to perceive emotional intensity without owning (i.e., without attributing to the self)



the feeling or experiencing anxiety-producing emotions.  Such projections are not pathological, they observe, b