Shunning
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| - | A '''ban''' is, generally, any [[decree]] that [[Prohibition|prohibit]]s something. | + | '''Shunning''' is the act of deliberately avoiding association with, and habitually keeping away from an individual or group. It is a sanction against association often associated with [[religious]] groups and other tightly-knit organizations and communities. Targets of shunning can include, but are not limited to [[apostates]], [[whistleblowers]], [[dissidents]], people classified as "sinners" or "traitors" and other people who defy or who fail to comply with the standards established by the shunning group(s). Extreme forms of shunning and related practices have rendered the general practice controversial. |
| - | Bans are formed for the prohibition of activities within a certain political territory. Some see this as a negative act (equating it to a form of [[censorship]] or [[discrimination]]). | ||
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| - | For nearly the entire history of [[book]] and [[film]] production, certain media products have been either boycotted by political and religious groups or literally banned by a regime for political or moral reasons. Paradoxically, banning a media product often completely fails to achieve its intention of preventing a media product from being perceived- the publicity given worldwide to banned products often results in it being given attention it might not otherwise receive. | ||
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| - | With the advent of the internet, the ability of groups or governments to ban media products is hindered. Obvious problems with using the internet as a distribution system include the inability for a producer to profit from his or her product. Recently, Michael Moore stirred up controversy by encouraging people who were curious about but didn't want to financially support his film, ''Fahrenheit 9/11'', to download it and watch it on their computers. | ||
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| - | == By medium == | ||
| - | *[[The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France]] | ||
| - | *[[Banned books]] | ||
| - | **[[List of banned books]] | ||
| - | *[[Banned films]] | ||
| - | **[[List of banned films]] | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Forbidden]] | ||
| - | *[[Homo sacer]] and the sovereign [[state of exception]] | ||
| - | *[[Shunning]] practiced in the Amish community | ||
| - | *[[Censure]] and [[Excommunication]], which may result in a ban pursuant to [[Religious law]] | ||
| - | *[[Prohibition]] - usually referring to historical and current laws regulating prohibition of alcohol | ||
| - | *[[Banned substances]] in sports | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Al Wala' Wal Bara']]: Islamic concept of friendship toward fellow Muslims, and distance from the Non-Muslims. | ||
| + | * [[Anathema]] | ||
| + | * [[Apostasy in Islam]] | ||
| + | * [[Disconnection]] | ||
| + | * [[Excommunication]]: An often related practice of community expulsion. | ||
| + | * [[Ostracism]] | ||
| + | * [[Parental alienation]] | ||
| + | * [[Persona non grata]] | ||
| + | * [[The Way International#Mark and Avoid|Mark and Avoid]]: A practice of [[The Way International]] | ||
| + | * [[Relational aggression]] | ||
| + | * [[Social rejection]] | ||
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Shunning is the act of deliberately avoiding association with, and habitually keeping away from an individual or group. It is a sanction against association often associated with religious groups and other tightly-knit organizations and communities. Targets of shunning can include, but are not limited to apostates, whistleblowers, dissidents, people classified as "sinners" or "traitors" and other people who defy or who fail to comply with the standards established by the shunning group(s). Extreme forms of shunning and related practices have rendered the general practice controversial.
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See also
- Al Wala' Wal Bara': Islamic concept of friendship toward fellow Muslims, and distance from the Non-Muslims.
- Anathema
- Apostasy in Islam
- Disconnection
- Excommunication: An often related practice of community expulsion.
- Ostracism
- Parental alienation
- Persona non grata
- Mark and Avoid: A practice of The Way International
- Relational aggression
- Social rejection
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