Ehud, Stigma, and the Management of Spoiled Identity

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Chalcraft
Keyword(s):  
Social Stigma ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Erving Goffman ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Left Handedness ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
Moral Career ◽  
The One

The story of Ehud, and his assassination of the Moabite King Eglon (Judges 3: 12–30), continues to entertain readers and hearers alike. The story also perplexes, largely on moral grounds. This paper utilises the sociology of Erving Goffman and insights from disability studies to re-tell the story of Ehud as someone who is doubly stigmatised. That is, Ehud not only carriers the stigma of left-handedness but is also disabled; moreover, the Moabite King is also disabled/immobile because of his obesity. I take the biblical text as conveying that Ehud is left-handed by necessity given the impairment in his right hand/arm. Adopting a social model of disability, I apply Goffman’s account of the management of spoiled identity developed in his book Stigma (1963) to explore how the narrative depicts various dimensions of social stigma and Ehud’s moral career as he attempts to manage his spoiled identity and the degrees of societal acceptance and rejection he experiences in different contexts. The key arguments of Goffman are summarised before I apply central concepts from Goffman to the biblical story. Concepts include “moral career,” the distinction between social, personal and ego (self-) identity, and the key distinction between a person with a stigma being discredited (because the impairment is obvious and seen by all), on the one hand, or bearing a stigma that is discreditable (that is, it would discredit them if found out), on the other.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Gracia Liu-Farrer
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
Permanent Residency ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Near Future

This introductory chapter provides an overview of Japan as an immigrant country. Japan has become an immigrant country de facto. Starting in the 1980s, to stave off economic decline caused by labor shortage and in the name of internationalization, Japan has tried different programs to bring in foreign workers. In 2012, Japan became one of the most liberal states in its policies for granting permanent residency to highly skilled migrants. As a result, the population of foreigners has been rising for the past three decades and is likely to increase significantly in the near future. Why, then, do both the Japanese government and people inside and outside Japan hesitate to accept the discourse of immigration and the reality of its transformation into an immigrant society? This hesitation has to do with Japan's ethno-nationalist self-identity and the widespread myth surrounding its monoethnic nationhood, on the one hand, and the conventional, albeit anachronistic, definition of “immigrant country” and the difficulty for people to associate an immigrant country with an ethno-nationalist one, on the other hand.

scholarly journals Role of education in the concept of the “New Society” of the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines (1972-1982)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-235
Author(s):  
Nina Vladimirovna Prakapovich
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Authoritarian Regime ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Export Strategy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Political Modernization ◽  
The One

Russian historiography pays considerable attention to the economic and political modernization of the life of the Philippine archipelago, starting from the time of Spaniards, then, American colonization and ending with the era of independence. However, the educational policy on which, on the one hand, the successes of the political and socio-economic modernization of the Philippines have been based throughout the country’s history, and on the other, which by the beginning of the 21st century has become a serious obstacle to economic independence and the establishment of national self-identity, are undeservedly ignored by domestic researchers. The author of this article in previous works has already made attempts to identify the features of the educational policy of Spaniards and Americans in the Philippines, as well as of the independent Philippine governments in the first decades after the end of World War II. But no less interesting is the era of the authoritarian regime of the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos (1972-1982). Analyzing a wide range of foreign literature and relying on presidential decrees and testimonies of contemporaries as sources, the author comes to the conclusion that the educational policy of the Marcos era is ambiguous: on the one hand, it has become an effective tool to combat country’s main social - economic problems in the 1970s - the problem of unemployment. On the other hand, in the early 1980s it led to its aggravation and marked the beginning of the mass labor migration of Filipinos, which continues to this day. Political decisions made on issues such as the language of instruction, the introduction of a national entrance exam in colleges and universities, and the publication of new textbooks have become critical levers in the deployment of education in support of the labor export strategy in the Marcos era.

scholarly journals “This journey has definitely changed me”: An ethnographic narrative exploring disabled peoples’ lives through embodied experiences and identity negotiation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Callan Sait
Keyword(s):  
Disability Studies ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Embodied Experiences

<p>Following calls from both disability studies and anthropology to provide ethnographic accounts of disability, this thesis presents the narratives of nine people living with disability, focusing on what disability means to them, how it is incorporated into their identities, and how it shapes their lived experiences. While accounts of disability from disability studies often focus on the social model of disability (Shakespeare 2006) and emphasise social stigma and oppression (Goffman 1967, Susman 1994), anthropological accounts often emphasise the suffering and search for cures (Rapp and Ginsburg 2012) that is assumed to accompany disability. Both approaches have their benefits, but neither pay particularly close attention to the personal experiences of individuals, on their own terms.  By taking elements from both disciplines, this thesis aims to present a balanced view that emphasises the lived experiences of individuals with disability, and uses these experiences as a starting point for wider social analysis. The primary focus of this thesis is understanding how disability shapes an individual’s identity: what physical, emotional, and social factors influence how these people are perceived – by themselves and others? Through my participants’ narratives I explore how understandings of normal bodies and normal lives influence their sense of personhood, and investigate the role of stigma in mediating social encounters and self-concepts. Furthermore, I undertake a novel study of the role of technology in the lives of people living with disability. My work explores how both assistive and non-assistive (‘general’) technologies are perceived and utilised by my participants in ways that effect not just the physical experience of disability, but also social perceptions and personal understandings of the body/self.  I argue that although the social model of disability is an excellent analytical tool, and one which has provided tangible benefits for disabled people, its political nature can sometimes lead to a homogenisation of disabled experiences; something which this thesis is intended to remedy by providing ethnographic narratives of disability, grounded in the embodied experiences of individuals.</p>

scholarly journals THE METHODOLOGY FOR SINGLING OUT VESSELS MADE BY ONE CRAFTSMAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 328-342
Author(s):  
Е. В. Волкова
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Maximum Diameter ◽  
Burial Ground ◽  
Similar Model ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
Stable Element ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Статья посвящена новым, дополнительным критериям выделения посуды одного мастера. Экспериментально было доказано, что тулово сосуда - наиболее устойчивая его часть. А из его параметров наиболее устойчивым оказался максимальный диаметр. Используя два параметра тулова: его общую пропорциональность и максимальный диаметр, автор выделил из всей посуды Волосово-Даниловского могильника посуду, сделанную по одной и той же форме-модели. Сопоставление сосудов, сделанных по одной форме-модели, с одинаковыми исходным сырьем, составом формовочной массы сосудов и составом шамота в ней позволило выделить посуду одного мастера. Таким образом, предложен еще один критерий для выделения посуды одного мастера: близкие формы-модели, с помощью которых лепились сосуды. Разработанная автором методика выделения посуды гончаров-левшей, с одной стороны, подтвердила правильность методики анализа форм сосудов, а с другой - позволила выявить большее число разных гончаров, посуда которых сопровождала погребенных в могильнике индивидов. The paper is dedicated to new, additional criteria for singling out vessels made by one craftsman. It has been proven experimentally that the vessel body is the most stable element. Regarding its characteristics, the maximum diameter turned out to be the most stable. Using two characteristics of the body, i.e. its proportions and its maximum diameter, the author selected vessels made with the use of the same model shape among all vessels coming from the Volosovo-Danilovo burial ground. Comparison of the vessels made with the use of the same model shape, the same raw material, the same composition of clay paste and proportion of grog in it provided an opportunity to single out vessels made by one craftsman. Therefore, one more criterion for singling out vessels made by the same craftsman is proposed, i.e. a similar model shape used in making vessels. The methodology for identifying left-handed potters developed by the author, on the one hand, confirmed that the methodology of analyzing vessels shape was correct and, on the other hand, made it possible to identify a greater number of various potters whose vessels were placed into the graves as funerary offerings.

scholarly journals Meneropong pelaku kawin misyar di Surabaya dari sudut dramaturgi Erving Goffman

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasiri Nasiri
Keyword(s):  
Single Women ◽  
The Other ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Career Women ◽  
Erving Goffman ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
At Home

The research is designed qualitatively, focusing on the aspects that become the background (motives) tothe decision of choosing misyarmarriage among career women in Surabaya. Reseach results show: First,the model of misyar marriage is to give a solution to busy women who have no time to think aboutmarriage. In the midst of their busy life, these women can enjoy marriage, because in this marriagehusband and wife do not have to live in the same house. Therefore, the wife can do her normal activitieslike before she is married, so can the husband. Secondly, it can be inferred from the practice of misyarmarrigein Surabaya in the perpective of Dramaturgy theory that the average actors of misyarmarriage are middleto-upper class women, both n terms of education economy. They are smart and active in simultaneouslyplaying two roles. On the one hand, ther are just single women at home, but married womenwhen staying in a hotel or motel. However on the other hand, in a quiet place or in bed, they are marriedwomen, but when they do their activities or even mingle with single women, they will admit to be singleas well.

scholarly journals “This journey has definitely changed me”: An ethnographic narrative exploring disabled peoples’ lives through embodied experiences and identity negotiation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Callan Sait
Keyword(s):  
Disability Studies ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Embodied Experiences

<p>Following calls from both disability studies and anthropology to provide ethnographic accounts of disability, this thesis presents the narratives of nine people living with disability, focusing on what disability means to them, how it is incorporated into their identities, and how it shapes their lived experiences. While accounts of disability from disability studies often focus on the social model of disability (Shakespeare 2006) and emphasise social stigma and oppression (Goffman 1967, Susman 1994), anthropological accounts often emphasise the suffering and search for cures (Rapp and Ginsburg 2012) that is assumed to accompany disability. Both approaches have their benefits, but neither pay particularly close attention to the personal experiences of individuals, on their own terms.  By taking elements from both disciplines, this thesis aims to present a balanced view that emphasises the lived experiences of individuals with disability, and uses these experiences as a starting point for wider social analysis. The primary focus of this thesis is understanding how disability shapes an individual’s identity: what physical, emotional, and social factors influence how these people are perceived – by themselves and others? Through my participants’ narratives I explore how understandings of normal bodies and normal lives influence their sense of personhood, and investigate the role of stigma in mediating social encounters and self-concepts. Furthermore, I undertake a novel study of the role of technology in the lives of people living with disability. My work explores how both assistive and non-assistive (‘general’) technologies are perceived and utilised by my participants in ways that effect not just the physical experience of disability, but also social perceptions and personal understandings of the body/self.  I argue that although the social model of disability is an excellent analytical tool, and one which has provided tangible benefits for disabled people, its political nature can sometimes lead to a homogenisation of disabled experiences; something which this thesis is intended to remedy by providing ethnographic narratives of disability, grounded in the embodied experiences of individuals.</p>

ON THE OTHER HAND: THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF LEFT-HANDEDNESS

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-86
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Fritsche ◽  
Annukka K. Lindell
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
The Other ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Fitness Costs ◽  
Left Handedness ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Lecture Room ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Left And Right

Left-handers have been persecuted by right-handers for millennia. This right bias is evident cross-culturally, linguistically (right is literally and figuratively ‘right’, with lefties being described as ‘gauche’, ‘sinister’ and ‘cack-handed’), and environmentally (e.g., equipment design, including power tools, ticket machines, and lecture-room desks). Despite this, the proportion of left-handers has remained constant at approximately 10% of the hominid population, implying that though there are costs associated with left-handedness (if there were not, the proportions of left- and right-handers would be 50:50), left handers must also enjoy fitness advantages that maintain the genes for left-handedness in the population. This paper reviews the costs and benefits of being left-handed, exploring research examining the effects of handedness on brain structure, cognitive function, and human behaviour. The research confirms a variety of left-hander advantages, including some cognitive superiorities, higher wages, and greater sporting and fighting prowess. On the other hand, left-handedness is also associated with significant fitness costs, including an increased risk of accidents, higher substance abuse susceptibility, and earlier death, in comparison with right-handers. In sum, left-handedness confers both costs and benefits, with the latter outweighing the former, maintaining the genes for left-handedness in the population.

scholarly journals Whose identity politics? – Lessons for emerging critical disability geography in Hungary

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Timár ◽  
Sz. Fabula
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Class Politics ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Protests ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
The One ◽  
Political Actions

Abstract. In response to the economic crisis in 2009, the Hungarian government reduced the level of support for the employment of impaired people. The withdrawal of this state support has not only resulted in a massive wave of dismissals, but has also transformed some peripheral settlements into spaces of resistance. The research presented in this paper was conducted to understand the nature of political actions organised in Békés County (one of Hungary's disadvantaged regions) in order to support the social employment of impaired people. By analysing these political actions we have highlighted certain contradictions of applying the concept of identity politics in a post-socialist context, and the advantages of a combined, biosocial model. On the one hand, the outline of the political and economic situation helped us understand that the analysed social protests only resembled identity politics. In reality, they may even have contributed to the reproduction of ableism. On the other hand, by integrating individual experiences into the social model of disability we could also reveal that according to our impaired interviewees, it is not only their impairments and/or disabilities that render daily life difficult. Their firm call for changes in both economic and regional policy suggests that the deliberate and combined use of identity and class politics would be particularly important. Overall, our results suggest that it is essential for scholars in Hungary to engage more strongly in critical disability geography and to thus help the approach take root and develop further.

scholarly journals Democratism of Dragojla Jarnević on the Example of her Diary

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-171
Author(s):  
Ivana Odža
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The One

The paper analyses, in the context of Dragojla Jarnević’s Diary, the concept of democratism from the authoress’ viewpoint of the world regarding the liberal values that represent foundation of democracy. Considering the problems related to the issue of contemporary democracies eminent intellectuals of the 20th and 21st century have expressed a line of doubts and objections, thereby threatening the concept of democracy, or twisting democracy in its own contradictions. In retrospect, during Dragojla Jarnević’s lifetime and work, there was an evident complexity and ambivalence of disseminating liberal ideas in the area of today´s Croatia. Shaping and expressing of Dragojla Jarnević’s democratic views shows that it is possible to interpret democracy from different points of view – on the one hand, it is the best social model, on the other hand, it sometimes transforms in its contradiction. Certain contradictions are observed in Jarnević’s personality, however, her personality eventually reveals a brave and democratic (literature) subject.

scholarly journals Religion is an integral part of ethno-national consciousness

2009 ◽  
pp. 166-171
Author(s):  
I. Gayuk
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
National Consciousness ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Religious Idea ◽  
Spatial Niche ◽  
The One

The problem of ethnic self-identification became especially relevant in the 21st century. as a result of global globalization processes. It has long gone beyond the limits of purely scientific and has acquired socio-political significance, especially in the so-called so-called. national minorities living in the Diaspora. The nature of self-identity is determined by three distinct, but closely related factors: religion, culture, and state. Religion or a new religious idea becomes the dominant of the formation of a new ethnos; it is religion that determines the basic cultures of each nation. Religion and culture (in the broad sense of the term) are manifested in a certain state space, so the nature of their functioning depends largely on the state. However, relations between the state and culture are the result of the interaction of two vector-opposite processes: on the one hand, there is a tendency to form a single space-time - state - field of culture with unified norms, values, outlook and worldview (one state, one people, one culture). ; on the other, the desire of different ethno-religious groups to preserve their spatial niche and develop their own religious-cultural and legal specificity.

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