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English to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Anthropology
English term or phrase:sacrificial violence
In the following context:
In the following analysis I want to introduce into the discussion three fairly common social phenomena that play role in MBP(munchausen by proxy):sacrificial violence, somatization and reification/commodification.
In Brazil the sacrificial violence predominate in the form of indifference to infant hunger, sickness and death.
Explanation: I think this discussion might help. According to Rene Girard, sacrificial violence serves as a scapegoat for a community to exorcise its repressed hostilities. In this case indifference to hunger, sickness and death releases (exorcises) Brazilian society from their repressed hostilities.
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Indeed, McCarthy's fascination with human affinity for bloodshed recalls Rene Girard's seminal theories of sacrifice. According to Girard, societies must purge latent violence periodically through the destruction of a 'sacrificial' victim. Just as a metal rod attracts lightning, this victim - usually an outsider to the named society - serves as a scapegoat for a community to exorcise its repressed hostilities. John Grady and Rawlins fit all the criteria of Girard's sacrificial victim - outsiders to a community, presumptuous in their desires to become members of the society, free from family attachments that would revenge a crime against them, and invested with the belief - the 'dangerous', 'vacuous' belief as McCarthy puts it - that members of two communities can merge harmoniously.
Although all explenations helped a lot,I think this one fits the best with the rest of the text (I am translating it into Polish)
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Explanation: I think this discussion might help. According to Rene Girard, sacrificial violence serves as a scapegoat for a community to exorcise its repressed hostilities. In this case indifference to hunger, sickness and death releases (exorcises) Brazilian society from their repressed hostilities.
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Indeed, McCarthy's fascination with human affinity for bloodshed recalls Rene Girard's seminal theories of sacrifice. According to Girard, societies must purge latent violence periodically through the destruction of a 'sacrificial' victim. Just as a metal rod attracts lightning, this victim - usually an outsider to the named society - serves as a scapegoat for a community to exorcise its repressed hostilities. John Grady and Rawlins fit all the criteria of Girard's sacrificial victim - outsiders to a community, presumptuous in their desires to become members of the society, free from family attachments that would revenge a crime against them, and invested with the belief - the 'dangerous', 'vacuous' belief as McCarthy puts it - that members of two communities can merge harmoniously.
Explanation: In this text they seem to be suggesting that in Brazil the unwillingness to do something about infant hunger/sickness etc., or in other words the tolerance of suffering is a form of sacrifical violence. The writer's point is that this passivity belongs to the same category as active (sacrifical) violence.
Orsolya Mance United Kingdom Local time: 20:47 Native speaker of: Hungarian
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