The Social Construction of Inequality Social inequality is a pervasive and deeply ingrained aspect of modern society that affects every aspect of people’s lives, including their access to resources, opportunities, and social status. One perspective that has been used to understand social inequality is social constructionism, which argues that social categories such as race, gender, …
In my doctoral dissertation, I examined humiliation, viewing it as a particularly forceful phenomenon that is often misunderstood and conflated with shame, embarrassment, or guilt (Gilbert, 1998; Klein, 1991; Moïsi, 2009; Stamm, 1978; Tangney et al., 1996). Researchers have given greater focus to shame than to humiliation. A study by Elison and Harter (2007) reviewed …
Robert K. Green, Ph.D. April 20, 2022 Oppression is prejudice and discrimination directed toward whole socially recognized groups of people, and promoted by the ideologies and practices of all social institutions. The critical elements differentiating oppression from simple prejudice and discrimination are that it is a group phenomenon, and that institutional power and authority are …
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Author: Robert K. Green, Ph.D. Date: 3/28/2022 I have long been interested in the concept of emergence, especially as it applies to human beings; however, reviewing the literature can lead to some confusion regarding terminology and the development of conceptual frameworks. The literature is replete with articles and books that discuss emergence using physics and …