Instigators rise by offering hope in crises that relies on scapegoating.
Evidence
Instigators offer hope to their followers, usually in times of social crisis in which many are searching for meaning and a sense of belonging in their lives. This hope is energizing and provides a common vision, but it is often a vision that rests on hatred and distrust, and that relies on scapegoating and violence. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1704
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Scapegoating requires large shared frustrations plus a blaming ideology. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 794; People attribute successes internally but failures to external groups. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 1736; Scapegoat movements exploit frustrated needs for esteem, belonging, and security. (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- Scapegoat movements exploit frustrated needs for esteem, belonging, and security.
#expands(0.85) - Utopian promise, not just destructiveness, drives scapegoating movements
#expands(0.82) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1596 - Difficult times heighten basic needs that scapegoat movements exploit
#expands(0.80) - Scapegoating thrives because complex explanations fail to fulfill needs for control
#expands(0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1592 - Scapegoat movements recruit by fulfilling needs for belonging and immortality
#expands(0.78) - Shared frustrations from difficult life conditions precede collective scapegoating.
#corroborates(0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1591 - Genocidal scapegoating requires widespread life crises that frustrate multiple basic needs, not mundane frustrations.
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