Process Work Contributions to Men and Power

by Stephen Schuitevoerder

Manuscript, 2000

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MANUSCRIPT SCHUITEVOERDER, S.

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http://www.processwork.org/files/Finalprojects/Schuitevoerder_S_2000.pdf

Introduction
We have turned the corner into a new millennium. With this turn we bring with us many unresolved issues as a world community. We also face new challenges, which are emerging each day. Many of the painful events that occur today are repeating yesterday’s history. The genocide of Albanians in the Balkans, Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda, the ongoing genocide of people and cultures in Tibet, Myanmar and the Philippines are all examples of the oppression of marginalized groups in every country in the world. Past and present history is full of examples of a common pattern where the enemy is projected onto the ‘other’ as the problem and the solution is the removal or the repression of this problem. History continues to repeat itself. Power theorists such as Foucault (1980) warn that revolution without systemic change only results in the replacement of old leaders with new ones who are similarly oppressive. Learning from history is important. We have the opportunity to learn from our own mistakes and in time create a world of greater awareness, understanding and support for each other.

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