RT Article
T1 Shame, rage and racist violence
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 44
IS 3
SP 350
OP 368
A1 Ray, Larry
A2 Smith, David
A2 Wastell, Liz
LA English
YR 2004
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640125892
AB In this article, we argue that much racist violence can be understood in terms of unacknowledged shame and its transformation into fury. We use studies by Scheff and Retzinger as a framework for understanding transcripts of interviews with racist offenders from Greater Manchester, UK. We argue that much of the interview data support the claim that unacknowledged shame can be transformed into rage against those who are seen as the sources of shame. We argue that offenders' shame is rooted in multiple disadvantages and that rage is directed against south Asians who are perceived as more successful, but illegitimately so, within a cultural context in which violence and racism are taken for granted. The article is intended to contribute both to greater understanding of the complex motivation of racist violence and to current moves to redress the cognitive bias of much contemporary social science and reassess the role of emotion in human behaviour
K1 Rassismus
K1 Gewalt
K1 Wut
K1 Scham
K1 Soziale Benachteiligung
K1 Emotion
K1 Verhalten