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Representation is fundamentally a relationship of authorization.
“Representation is fundamentally a relationship of authorization.”
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Actors receiving justifications might be motivated to act as good losers, to accept that they have lost, and move on.
“Thereby, actors receiving justifications might be motivated to act as good losers, to accept that they have lost, and move on (e.g., Pitkin 1967;Gutmann and Thompson 1996).”
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- Authors
- Fenichel Pitkin, H.
- Venue
- University of California Press eBooks
- Publisher
- University of California Press
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- 1967-12-31
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- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Cultural Identity and Representation
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- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Representations and Identity
- Keywords
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