But to what extent can people abstract their problems and how does this process play a part in societal roles.
The of mental process of shifting blame onto other things has been in the human psyche has been recorded since there has been written history and is where the true definition of scapegoat is found and also many cases where this phenomena is used to control society . For instance in sacrificing,were the word scapegoat is used in more literal sense the connotation of scapegoat comes from celebration of yom kippur(A jewish ceremony) always in many other cases . The use of scapegoats has a long and varied history involving many kinds of animals, as well as human beings. The ancient world was full of instances of scapegoating as a way to cope with things people did not understand for example in the ancient greek world there would be things that the ancient greeks could not explain like for example all of the creek gods to explain why they did not have a good …show more content…
Other members experience threat from the internal “pressing” of their own dependency feelings toward awareness. Viewing, albeit unconsciously, their own dependency feelings as pejorative, they 3 attempt to rid themselves of these feelings by denying splitting, and projecting them onto the scapegoat. In the process, they displace their anger at their own dependency by attacking the scapegoat. What they dislike in the scapegoat is also what they dislike in themselves” (Gary Gemmill ¶