About 4 results for ‘Cashiering’
-
Cashiering
Cashiering (sometimes referred to as a degradation ceremony, although that term may be used more generally in sociology) is a ritual dismissal of an individual from some position of responsibility for discipline. It is especially associated with the dismissal of military officers of high rank. Cashiering sometimes involved public degradation, with the destruction of symbols of status: epaulettes ripped off shoulders, badges and insignia stripped, swords broken, caps knocked away, and medals torn out and dashed upon the ground. In addition, in the era when British Army officers generally bought their commissions, being cashiered meant that the amount they had paid was lost, as they could not "sell-out" afterwards. Cashiering is associated with stigmatisation and disgrace. The phrase degradation ceremony was applied by sociologist Harold Garfinkel to any act of public communication whose intent is to stigmatise the subject(s) as being unworthy of the normal privileges of their previous role in a society or institution. Famous victims of cashiering include Alfred Dreyfus, Philippe Pétain, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, and Francis Mitchell.
-
-
-
-
