A very strong emotional feeling representshate yourself What is hostility and what events can cause it to appear? Psychologists assume that the need for hatred is inherent in man, which he sometimes realizes with pleasure. We will talk about this negative emotion in this article.
Definition of concept
Hatred is long lasting, intensenegative feeling, reflecting aversion, hostility, rejection of a certain object. They can be either an individual or a group of people, an inanimate object or phenomenon. The specific actions of an object or its inherent qualities can evoke this emotion. You can hate an idea that contradicts the beliefs and values of the subject, a phenomenon that adversely affects his life, hinders the satisfaction of important needs for him. A strong negative feeling can be associated with experiencing the joy of any failures of the object of emotions, with the desire for it of all kinds of evil, and even the desire to harm it.
Causes
Hate feelings can occur by yourselfminor and petty reason. It is the apparent irrationality of such reasons that prompted psychologists to put forward a version of a person’s initial need for hostility. This feeling can be easily inspired from the outside. Wars and other types of social and social conflicts are often accompanied by appropriate propaganda that incites malice between people. Hating other people's incomprehensible lifestyle, customs and values provokes the most serious crimes against a certain group of people or an individual. A hostile attitude can arise even in relation to oneself, if the individual feels that he is not reaching the proper level of his claims. In each case, one should find the cause of the destructive attitude towards the subject of hatred, then the conflict that has arisen can be resolved and hostile emotions will subside.
Love and hate
It is believed that these two concepts are completelyare opposite to each other and are antonyms. However, in various cultures of the world, these emotional phenomena are inextricably linked and constitute a kind of unity. Love and hate can simultaneously be combined in a person in relation to the object of his feelings. Freud spoke about the dual nature of these emotions. The psychoanalyst believed that in intimate relationships conflicts inevitably arise, caused by various contradictions. Some ethologists claim that the simultaneous manifestation of hatred and love is associated with mental and physical mechanisms that provide both people and animals with the ability to deeply personal relationships and a natural tendency to aggression.
A possible explanation for the close relationship of love andhatred lies in the fact that the more a person has in common with another person, the closer ties he has with him and the more he becomes involved in any relationship. Thus, the conflict between loved ones always proceeds with greater rage and passion than between outsiders. The lack of common features and interests makes you perceive your opponent more objectively.
Types of hate
A sense of irresistible disgust can causeanything. According to the object of hatred, there are several types of this negative feeling. For example, in addition to an adult, scientists also distinguish between children's hatred. Usually it is aimed at parents after the appearance in the family of a sister or brother. Psychologists call the emergence of such emotions in children "Cain's feeling."
Fear and hatred are closely related.A person experiences animosity to an object that, it seems to him, is capable of harming him. Such a manifestation of negative feelings sometimes becomes irresistible. Scientists identify several types of pathologies:
- Misogamy - a sharp aversion to marriage bonds.
- Misandry - the hostility of women to men.
- Misogyny is the fear and hatred of men towards women.
- Misopedia - aversion to children, including their own.
- Misanthropy - hostility towards people in general.
It is believed that the more educated a person is, the less he has to feel hatred, that such a manifestation of feelings is the prerogative of individuals with low levels of intelligence and weak will.
Types of aggression
As mentioned above, it generates a desire to harm the object of hatred. Evil can be caused in different ways, so psychologists distinguish several types of aggression.
Verbal and physical
The use of physical force to express your negative emotions is called physical aggression. The hostility shown in the form of quarrels, abuse, verbal accusations and threats, is considered verbal.
Indirect and direct
Прямая агрессия направлена непосредственно на the object of hatred, indirect - these are acts that act on another person in a roundabout way, through gossip, malicious jokes, as well as unorganized bursts of rage (stomping, screaming, etc.).
External and internal
External hostility is directed outward, and internal - at itself. The latter is manifested in self-deprecation and the desire to harm yourself.
Reasonable (healthy) and destructive
Границы агрессии иногда определить трудно.Some see hostility in energetic behavior. If the aggression looks attractive and causes sympathy, then it can be called healthy or reasonable.
In this section, not all forms of hostility are given. In this kind of activity, people are often very resourceful.
Social hate
There is a concept that scientists and psychologistsit is accepted to call the term "social hatred". What is a phenomenon? Some believe that this feeling of hostility and disgust experienced by a group of people. At the same time the object of hatred does not matter. Others suggest that this feeling is called social because it is directed at a certain group of people or a particular person as a representative of this community. Objects of hostile attitudes can be various socially relevant signs - gender, race, nationality, sexual orientation, age. In the social sciences to denote this kind of hatred, there is the concept of "intolerance." There is a narrower understanding of the subject. Sometimes social hatred is class hostility. At the same time, religious and racial strife are excluded.
Social hate based on differencesbetween groups, and they are given overwhelming and inevitably leading to conflict value. A different appearance, lifestyle and cultural values are the reason for a serious confrontation. Interestingly, the extent of these differences does not play a special role. Hate, malice between kindred, culturally close, similar groups (states, religious denominations, peoples) are more violent than between communities that are alien to each other.
Hate crime
In some countries of the world there is a specialqualification, called hate crime. This concept refers to violations committed under the influence of disgust for certain groups of the population. Usually such a classification increases the severity of the offense. In Russia, religious, national, racial intolerance is also an aggravating factor.
In many states it is believed thatit is also a crime to deliberately act in order to create hatred between groups of people, that such a manifestation of hostile feelings should be prosecuted. For example, in Russia propaganda of aggression towards social groups is a criminal offense.
Conclusion
In this article we tried to talk about whatrepresents hate. What is the feeling can bring a person? On the one hand, in reasonable doses, this emotion mobilizes and calls for active actions, on the other hand, it destroys its subject from within, forcing it to perform meaningless and destructive actions. But we live in a world that is based on the struggle of opposites, in it every phenomenon has its own special meaning. So hate goes hand in hand with love, is based on the instinct of self-preservation, makes a person publicly express the accumulated doubts. An intelligent individual must learn to overcome this negative feeling, to subordinate him to his will and to understand the reasons for his appearance.
