Destabilisation

 ( Deception ) 

The word destabilisation (alternatively, destabilization) can be applied to a wide variety of contexts such as attempts to undermine political, military or economic power.

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Psychology In a psychological context, it is used as a technique in brainwashing and abuse to disorientation and disarm the victim.

In the context of workplace bullying, destabilisation applied to the victim may involve:

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• failure to acknowledge good work and value the victim's efforts
• allocation of meaningless tasks
• removal of areas of responsibility without consultation
• repeated reminders of blunders
• setting up to fail
• shifting of goal posts without telling the victim
• persistent attempts to demoralise the victim

Destabilisation could also denote the extreme end of Disinhibition and entail the complete shutdown of an individual's control of emotions, inhibitions, and productive functioning.

The condition can be episodic or it could last for months or years, requiring professional care from a practitioner who is familiar with the individual's primary neurological disorder.

In psychology, there is also a process called cognitive destabilisation, which involves being open to conversions and transformations of various kinds.

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This could be used to counter political destabilisation by presenting a consensual view of the problem.

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Other applications Destabilisation is also used in the feminist context such as the way it is used to change the binary opposition between men and women, particularly how it gives the category 'woman' its meaning.

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For instance, this is expressed in many feminists' discomfort concerning postmodern theories' challenge to traditional binary oppositions, perceiving it as a subversion of women's attempt to define their own subjecthood.

Magali Cornier Michael (1996). 9780791430163, State University of New York Press. . ISBN 9780791430163

The body of literature on feminism also often invoke the need to destabilise modern theory, particularly the theoretical discourses that claim neutrality but are established from a masculine perspective.

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These attempts to destabilise modern female constructs have been informed by Jacques Derrida's deconstruction theory, particularly the destabilisation of positions and subjects that have been deemed holistic or authoritative.

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In literature, a conceptualization refers to it as an aggression or a kind of attack on the reader to provoke discomfort.

In international capital transactions, it is used to denote as a capital movement driven by erroneous forecast, driving the exchange rate away from equilibrium that would be supported by rational Speculation whose foresight are correct.

Mr Norman S. Fieleke (1993). 9781455220526, International Monetary Fund. . ISBN 9781455220526

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See also

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Further reading

• Klaus von Beyme (2025). 9780230514393, Springer. ISBN 9780230514393
• John Dzimba (1998). 9780230372146, Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230372146
• (1989). 9780852553404, Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780852553404
• (2025). 9781583226063, Seven Stories Press. . ISBN 9781583226063
• (1987). 9788170500582, Patriot Publishers. . ISBN 9788170500582

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