1. On scapegoating in therapy groups: a social constructivist and intersubjective outlook.
- Author
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Cohen BD and Schermer VL
- Subjects
- Adult, Anxiety, Separation, Female, Humans, Japan, Male, Middle Aged, Psychotherapy, Multiple, Survivors psychology, United States, Warfare, Group Processes, Psychotherapy, Group, Rejection, Psychology, Scapegoating, Transference, Psychology
- Abstract
The social constructs of the group, the group self of an individual member, and the moral order of the group as a whole are described as basic, interrelated concepts essential to our understanding of scapegoating. Two patterns of scapegoating are then introduced: one concerns antagonistic, the other, agonistic relations of scapegoat to scapegoaters. A series of case examples are presented, one involves an advocacy group of socio-cultural "outsiders;" the other three pertain to scapegoating in therapy group settings. The case materials illustrate the meaning and usefulness of an intersubjective/social constructivist perspective on the problem of scapegoating.
- Published
- 2002
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