Encountering Bigotry
Author | : Philip Lichtenberg |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2014-06-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317707059 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317707052 |
Rating | : 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Download or read book Encountering Bigotry written by Philip Lichtenberg and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, but rather "faulty" and not beyond repair. Utilizing experiences gathered from various people and settings, and deriving theory from common psychoanalytic and Gestalt therapy, the observations and conclusions found in Encountering Bigotry are as applicable in any social context as they are in the therapeutic relationship.