The Stigmatized and the Stigmatizing – The Psychological Aspects of the Phenomenon of Stigmatizing Cover Image

O piętnujących i piętnowanych – psychologiczne aspekty relacji piętnowania
The Stigmatized and the Stigmatizing – The Psychological Aspects of the Phenomenon of Stigmatizing

Author(s): Anna Czerniak
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture, Environmental interactions
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM Uniwersytetu Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
Keywords: social stigma; stigmatisation

Summary/Abstract: This paper is divided into three separate parts: introduction into the phenomenon of a stigma, and two other parts showing the perspective of the stigmatized and the stigmatizing. It focuses on the psychological explanations why people stigmatize others and how you can live with a stigma. It is mainly based on the research done in social psychology and it starts with a relational definition of a stigma, taking into consideration the social context of the above mentioned phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 11-28
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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