One Person's Reform in Some Cases May Be Considered an Attack

question 30

Essay

One person's reform in some cases may be considered an attack on another person's vital interests. Describe how the antebellum reform movements-particularly temperance, colonization, abolition, and women's rights-involved conflict between different sets of ideas and interests.

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Definitions:

Sublimation

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.

Celibacy

The state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, groups, and even nations to cope with reality and to maintain self-image.

Repression

A psychological defense mechanism where unwanted thoughts and memories are unconsciously blocked from entering awareness.