Naslov
Exploitation of Victims’ Desire for Revenge : A Natural Psychological Mechanism and Its Unnatural Production in Culture and Politics

Autori
Peraica, Ana

Izvornik
Leonardo (0024-094X) 44 (2011), 1; 55-60

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
victims; desire; revenge; art

Sažetak
This paper elaborates on key themes of the on-line project Victims' Symptom—PTSD and Culture. A clinical, psychiatric definition of victim, rather than a cultural one, is used to distinguish real from false victims. The danger of the media production of false victims lies in its power to re-victimize the original victims, aside from gains that a false victim may win by taking on the role or attitudes of a victim. Contrary to the common stress on financial benefits of being a victim, this article focuses on the negative economy of revenge, as a postponed reaction by real victims, that if institutionalized may provoke or support and even increase the production of new fatalities.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Znanost o umjetnosti

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