The stratification aspect of the formation of the image of the enemy: ascending and descending vectors of dehumanization in the social structure
https://doi.org/10.37493/2307-910X.2023.2.19
Abstract
The problems of dehumanization and the formation of the image of the enemy in a stratified society are considered. The vertical aspect of dehumanization involves the dehumanization of an individual/group located at a different level of the social hierarchy, so this process has an ascending and descending vector. The downward vector of dehumanization involves the infrahumanization and dehumanization of individuals/groups occupying a lower position in the social structure of society. The ascending vector of dehumanization implies infrahumanization and dehumanization of individuals/groups occupying a higher position in the social structure of society.
Keywords
dehumanization,
infrahumanization,
image of the enemy,
ascending dehumanization,
descending dehumanization,
deligitimation
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the financial support of the RFBR within the framework of the scientific project No. 20-011-00237 "Deconstructing the image of the enemy in modern socio-political, ethnic and ethno-confessional conflicts".
About the Author
D. A. Lushnikov
North-Caucasus Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Lushnikov Dmitry Alexandrovich - doctor of sociological sciences, professor, Head of the
Department of Sociology,
Stavropol
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Lushnikov D.A. The stratification aspect of the formation of the image of the enemy: ascending and descending vectors of dehumanization in the social structure. Modern Science and Innovations. 2023;(2):175-180. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.37493/2307-910X.2023.2.19
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