Examples Of Human Scapegoat

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If one were to look at the skeletal structure of a whale one could see a bone structure that would fit a less aquatic mammal with there being clear kneebones in sight and also leg bones built units every devolvement these bones may have lost their effectiveness but the whale genome still is programmed to produce these bones the same comparison can be made with humans as well if one would look at a human that has been agitated for 4 weeks there is a clear tail but said tail is lost during later development if the fetus the same can be said about many muscles and organs for example the appendix a rather useless organ but at one point throughout human history it was summarized that the appendix played a crucial role in digesting fibers and cellulose …show more content…
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
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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 ¶

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