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ATTRIBUTIONS

In such symbiotically entangled relational systems, it is common for people to try to give others an identity by ascribing something to them, by essentially labelling them. When such attributions are made there is always a certain intention behind them. They serve a dual role of both symbiotic appropriation (‘You belong to me! You are my husband, my wife, my child!’) and symbiotic exclusion (‘You are a foreigner and do not belong here!’).

Put into a formula, attributions mean:

You = I or You = Us or You = a thing / an object

Attributions occur in many ways. Some of which are:

Naming (‘Our child should have a Muslim/Christian/Jewish name.’)

Giving grades (‘Emma is a straight-A student.’)

Evaluative statements (‘This child only wants to annoy me!’)

Making a medical diagnosis (‘You have cancer. Now you have to have chemotherapy.’, ‘Maria is schizophrenic, so now she has to be treated with psychotropic drugs.’)

The granting of citizenship (‘You are now a German citizen.’)

Legislation (“Mr Smith or company XY is a legal entity.”).