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A grammar of power in psychotherapy: Exploring the dynamics of privilege.Dynamics of power and privilege.

A grammar of power in psychotherapy: Exploring the dynamics of privilege.: Dynamics of power and... Power relations are often complicated, and even if it is tempting to believe so, one rarely finds oneself in either complete omnipotence or total powerlessness. This chapter introduces readers to the complexities and inconsistencies of privilege and subordination, endeavoring to invite curiosity and self-reflection about one's own privileges and complexities. It introduces theory from several orientations germane to privileges and prejudices: microaggression theory, the stereotype content model, privilege as a social defense, drive theory, detachment from vulnerability, the normative unconscious, projection onto minorities, gender melancholia, racial melancholia, privilege melancholia, normal and pathological versions of prejudice, and the model of internalized racism. The chapter explores the connections among privileges, the feeling of entitlement, and internalized and sometimes unconscious prejudices against people of lower status. It also presents empirical research on how people who hold privileges often become blind to them or begin to feel entitled to them. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A grammar of power in psychotherapy: Exploring the dynamics of privilege.Dynamics of power and privilege.

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 American Psychological Association
Pages
9 –37
DOI
10.1037/0000086-002
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Abstract

Power relations are often complicated, and even if it is tempting to believe so, one rarely finds oneself in either complete omnipotence or total powerlessness. This chapter introduces readers to the complexities and inconsistencies of privilege and subordination, endeavoring to invite curiosity and self-reflection about one's own privileges and complexities. It introduces theory from several orientations germane to privileges and prejudices: microaggression theory, the stereotype content model, privilege as a social defense, drive theory, detachment from vulnerability, the normative unconscious, projection onto minorities, gender melancholia, racial melancholia, privilege melancholia, normal and pathological versions of prejudice, and the model of internalized racism. The chapter explores the connections among privileges, the feeling of entitlement, and internalized and sometimes unconscious prejudices against people of lower status. It also presents empirical research on how people who hold privileges often become blind to them or begin to feel entitled to them. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: May 28, 2018

Keywords: detachment; drive theory; gender melancholia; internalized privileges; internalized racist model; internalized subordination; microaggression theory; power relations; prejudices; privilege melancholia; racial melancholia; social defense

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