Reflected Worlds

Marginalisation and Integration from the Perspective of the Socio-psychological Dynamics of Society

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ID10565686
AuthorsJaroslav Skupnik (corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume43
Issue1
Pages133-148
Publication date2007-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCzech Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0288 • E-ISSN: 2336-128X
PublisherInstitute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • CZ)
DOI10.13060/00380288.2007.43.1.08
OpenAlexW3033458765
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This article looks at the marginalization of the Roma from the perspective of socio-psychological dynamics of society. The author takes the specifi c 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 confi rmation of their values. If the inhabitants of these counter-worlds are unable to fulfi l this need anywhere else, then their integration into wider society cannot be achieved

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