Světy se zrcadlem. Marginalizace a integrace z hlediska sociopsychologické dynamiky společnosti

• Authors: Skupnik J.

Title variants

EN

REFLECTED WORLDS: MARGINALISATION AND INTEGRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL DYNAMICS OF SOCIETY

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This article looks at the marginalization of the Roma from the perspective of socio-psychological dynamics of society. The author takes the specific case of Roma settlements in Slovakia, where he has conducted anthropological research, to illustrate how the mechanism of marginalisation functions. Drawing on the work of Tzvetan Todorov and Peter L. Berger, he argues that at the heart of human sociability - the ability and necessity to live among others - is the constant human need for attention and recognition from others. This basic human need affects the socio-psychological dynamics of society, including the marginalisation as well as integration of some of its groups. This need for attention and recognition leads to the emergence of complex 'counterworlds' or 'counter-societies', with their alternative value systems. The Roma settlements and urban ghettoes represent such counter-worlds that provide their inhabitants with attention, recognition, positive self-interpretation, and confirmation of their values. If the inhabitants of these counter-worlds are unable to fulfil this need anywhere else, then their integration into wider society cannot be achieved.

Keywords

EN

MARGINALISATION MECHANISM; ROMA SETTLEMENTS (SLOVAKIA); SOCIAL INTEGRATION; SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL DYNAMICS

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 133-147
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Skupnik J.

• J. Skupnik, Ústav etnologie FF UK, Celetná 20, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07CZAAAA02294792