He wrote in Levels of Life about the ire caused by the platitudes and perceived provocations dispensed by friends attempting to steer him through his devastation.
But for all the Chinese media's condemnations of Mr Chen as a traitor, grievances about his policies are far less likely to trigger public protests than are perceived provocations by Japan.
Yet each time, Tehran's expectations of reciprocal good will have been dashed by American condemnation of perceived provocations in other arenas, as when Iranian support for objectives in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks was rewarded by President Bush's inclusion of Iran in the "axis of evil".
After a series of perceived provocations from Prussia, culminating in the offer of the Spanish crown to the Prussian Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, the French emperor Napoleon III declared war on 15 July 1870.
Is it possible that NATO military exercises might themselves be perceived as provocative — and thus feed into a loop of mutual provocation and suspicion?I have real impatience with that argument.
But Aryeh King, spokesman for a group that promotes Jewish building in predominantly Palestinian areas, said, "Let me tell you a secret: There isn't a time when a housewarming party like this isn't perceived as a provocation".
Furthermore, for numerous cultures, the (scientific) mapping of risks may be perceived as a provocation of celestial powers, with the direct consequence that such communities' feeling of security will be negatively impacted, with further significant consequences for their actions (Voss 2008).
Every gesture is perceived as a provocation.
While reactive aggression has been defined as any automatic and emotional aggressive behaviour that occurs as a response to a perceived threat or provocation [ 1, 2], instrumental aggression relates to aggressive behaviour with the purpose of achieving certain goals or gaining social status [ 3, 4].
What are the conditions that precipitate these behaviours (e.g. prompts, provocations, perceived permissibility)?
