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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Humiliation: A Definition of Devaluing Personhood!


Humiliation By Sarah Rosenberg of The Beyond IntractabilityProject

Rosenberg writes about humiliation as the devaluing of a person or people in an attempt to strip away their pride and self-respect.

She cites  “three possible outcomes to the effects of humiliation”:

“Acquiescence, or depression and apathy, nothing changes.”

“Antagonism, anger, rage, and the violent pursuit of change, often hierarchy is not abolished but merely reversed.”

“Antagonism, anger, rage, and the non-violent pursuit of change, including forgiveness and reconciliation, and the dismantling of hierarchy towards a human rights based system of equal dignity for every citizen.”





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