Problem
Victimization
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Victimization archetypesVictimization process
Nature:
The very core of a person, the self, is protected by several layers and victimization is an unwelcome invasion into the self of the victim. The result is destruction of imaginations, fantasies, fictions, basic emotions and basic values. Background:
Victimizers and victims can be looked upon as influenced by patterns of behaviour which are based on and directed by archetypal images. They are potentials in the psyche of every human being and belong to the archetype of sacrifice (sacrificer and sacrificed). An individual can be possessed by these archetypal images and identify with them. When this happens, the faculty to take personal responsibility for his deeds is extinguished; conscience, the inner feeling and judgement between good and evil, is not functioning anymore and is replaced by a new law. When thus possessed and inflated, the person takes the fate of other human beings in his own hands and as victimizer, in the extreme case, determines the death of his victim. When the victim identifies with the image of the sacrificed, he will accept his fate (inflicted by the victimizer). Narrower Problems:
Social stigmaBlaming victimsFalse consciousnessSerial victimizationDebilitating poverty imageDepersonalization of responsibilityVictimization of grassroots knowledge Related Problems:
Neo-fascismSubservienceAbuse of powerStructural violence Strategies:
Assisting victimsSacrificeUnderstanding victimizationReducing victimizationCounselling victims Values:
Victimization References:
Yin, Peter: Victimization and the AgedDecker, David L, et al: Urban Structure and Victimization Subject(s):
Societal Problems → VictimsIndividuation → Symbols, myths
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
06.12.1999 – 00:00 CET