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The process of "Othering" or "Otherizing" [7] [8] involves labeling and defining individuals or groups as "the Other," often in ways that reinforce power imbalances and lead to marginalization, exclusion, and even discrimination. This act of Othering can effectively place those deemed "different" at the margins of society, denying them full ...
Othering is identifying people by a characteristic that differs from some perceived normative state when irrelevant. ("Otherness, the characteristics of the Other, is the state of being different from and alien to the social identity of a person and to the identity of the Self."
Othering is a specific form of labeling in which the label produces patterns of power and privilege by designating those who do not follow accepted social norms as lesser. [3] In some cases, othering can cause social exclusion, in which case groups labeled as "other" are denied full participation in society. [5]
For Cornelius Castoriadis (L'institution imaginaire de la société, 1975; The Imaginary Institution of Society, 1997) radical alterity/otherness (French: altérité radicale) denotes the element of creativity in history: "For what is given in and through history is not the determined sequence of the determined but the emergence of radical otherness, immanent creation, non-trivial novelty."
According to Becker, the book is composed of information he learned from students while teaching a seminar at Northwestern University on sociological writing style. [21] In an interview, Becker states "bad sociological writing cannot be separated from the theoretical problems of the discipline."
Pseudospeciation is a form of othering, the treatment of different human groups as if they were different biological species. It begins with the fact that cultural differences cause humans to separate into different social groups, with different language, dress, customs, etc.
Assholes: A Theory is a non-fiction book written by Aaron James in 2012. Aaron James received a doctorate from Harvard [1] associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, and he attempts a precise academic definition of the term. [2]
[47] [48] The book has been described as "ethnography of the concept of the total institution". [49] It was one of the first sociological examinations of the social situation of mental patients in psychiatric hospitals and a major contribution to understanding of social aspects of mental illness. [50] [24]