Adopting the Other’s Point of View: George Herbert Mead, Robbery and Tactical Empathy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17648/dilemas.v13n3.32082

Keywords:

robbery, violence, George Herbert Mead, tactical empathy, other’s role or attitude

Abstract

The paper explicits, in light of the notions of “adoption of the role or attitude of the other” by Mead and “tactical empathy” by Bundbant and Willerslev, elements that influence a situation of a robbery. To this end, it discusses how this ability to assume or adopt the role of the other or to exercise “tactical empathy” is presented, in a distinct way, in five stages. Based on interviews with people who carried out robberies in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the paper presents a study, from the point of view of the robbers, on techniques of (1) adoption or assumption of the role of the other (Mead), (2) detection of their vulnerabilities (Bubandt and Willerslev) and (3) production of “forced consent”.

Author Biography

Diogo Silva Corrêa, Universidade de Vila Velha / Professor de Sociologia

Diogo Silva Corrêa é doutor em sociologia pela École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) e pelo Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ) e, num regime de co-tutela. Atualmente é professor da Universidade de Vila Velha (UVV) e coordenador do Grupo Temático (GT) de Teoria Social da Associação Nacional de Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais (ANPOCS). É membro e coordenador do laboratório de filosofia e teoria social (Sociofilo) do IFCS-UFRJ, onde fez pós-doutorado com bolsa faperj nota 10, e é membro do Groupe de Sociologie Pragmatique et Reflexive da École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (GSPR-EHESS).

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Published

2020-09-14

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2020): SET/OUT/NOV/DEZ

Section

Dossiê Roubo, Violência e Cidade

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