Différer le mal : la logique du bouc émissaire

Vínolo, Stéphane

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“…By being “other,” and yet engaging in the same activities as the mainstream cultural group, they appear to threaten the social order (Girard uses the example of the Greek word barbaros , used not for “the person who speaks a different language, but the person who mixed the only truly significant distinctions, those of the Greek language” (Girard, , p. 22). The third group, and the one whom Girard () claims “most reveals the distortion of persecution” (p. 17) is the group or individual which is chosen because of their weakness, their inability to fight back, and the unlikeliness that anyone will come to their aid (Girard, ; Vinolo, ).…”

Section: Girard's Theory Of Mimetic Desirementioning

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“…Scapegoats also need to be marginal insiders who “exist in a state of ambiguous in‐betweenness…at once a part of the community and alien to it” (Strand, , p. 554): if they are too much a part of the community, their death will only cause the continuation of mimetic rivalry; if they are too distant, their death will not have enough impact to fulfil the scapegoating role effectively. In addition to this, the ideal scapegoat cannot easily defend themselves (Girard, ; Vinolo, ).…”

Section: Community Treatment Orders and The Scapegoating Mechanismmentioning

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The social utility of community treatment orders: Applying Girard’s mimetic theory to community‐based mandated mental health care

Jäger

Perron

2019

Nursing Philosophy

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Serious mental illness (SMI) has long posed a dilemma to society. The use of community treatment orders (CTOs), a legal means by which to deliver mandated psychiatric treatment to individuals while they live in the community, is a contemporary technique for managing SMI. CTOs (or a similar legal mechanism) are used in every province in Canada and in many jurisdictions around the world in the care and management of clients with severe and persistent mental illness (most frequently schizophrenia) who have a history of treatment non‐compliance and subsequent relapse. Although there is ongoing controversy around CTOs, their use continues to be on the rise. René Girard's mimetic theory, in which he posits the social utility of the scapegoat mechanism, may shed some light on how established cultural patterns contribute to contemporary responses to SMI: how culture depends on the reproduction of certain narratives, and how these act to shape the identity of those involved. The CTO specifically can be seen to act as a scapegoating mechanism, wherein, by singling out and controlling individuals who appear to threaten social order, social order is restored. This paper reviews Girard's theory, looks at how it has been applied to SMI, and then considers how it may illuminate the social role of the CTO. This examination may provide mental health nurses with insight into the constructed identities of their patients, as well as the role of mental health care within broader cultural narratives.

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The social utility of community treatment orders: Applying Girard’s mimetic theory to community‐based mandated mental health care

Jäger

Perron

2019

Nursing Philosophy

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Groupe thérapeutique d’enfants : un chœur d’anges ou de démons ?

Vander Vorst

2023

Cahiers De Psychologie Clinique

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L’article met en évidence la complexité du lien aux pairs à partir de l’expérience de groupes thérapeutiques pour enfants. La relation à l’autre éveille les passions telles que l’amour et la haine. Elle favorise également l’agressivité et offre la possibilité de l’amitié. La présence de l’autre permet l’identification. Les groupes, les collectivités peuvent mener à l’élection d’un bouc émissaire. Les groupes thérapeutiques permettent d’expérimenter ces différents enjeux au sein d’un cadre balisé qui limite la destructivité réelle d’autrui.

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Un chef d’établissement bouc émissaire

Casanova¹

2019

Spirale - Revue De Recherches en Éducation

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L’article prend comme support un collège pour illustrer, analyser, critiquer deux thématiques : le phénomène du bouc émissaire à travers sa figure incarnée, ici le Principal du collège confronté à une problématique d’instabilité institutionnelle, de violence et de changement ; une méthodologie de recherche affiliée à l’analyse institutionnelle qui prend comme analyseurs les grandes thématiques du mécanisme du bouc émissaire (obstacles institutionnels ; rivalité mimétique ; tabous groupaux) ; en ce qui concerne la victime émissaire, l’étude suit son parcours depuis sa discrimination jusqu’à son exclusion (ici une auto-exclusion) en passant par sa stigmatisation et son affaiblissement relationnel et institutionnel. L’étude conclut que le bouc émissaire n’est pas sans ressources individuelles ou managériales. En ce qui concerne l’analyse institutionnelle, la grille de lecture par les thématiques et les étapes du mécanisme du bouc émissaire permet aux acteurs de la situation de replacer le processus dans un système qui les englobe tout en les responsabilisant.

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Différer le mal : la logique du bouc émissaire

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The social utility of community treatment orders: Applying Girard’s mimetic theory to community‐based mandated mental health care

The social utility of community treatment orders: Applying Girard’s mimetic theory to community‐based mandated mental health care

Groupe thérapeutique d’enfants : un chœur d’anges ou de démons ?

Un chef d’établissement bouc émissaire

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