BOOKS - Beyond Complicity: Why We Blame Each Other Instead of Systems
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Beyond Complicity: Why We Blame Each Other Instead of Systems
Author: Francine Banner
Year: January 16, 2024
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1020 KB
Language: English
Year: January 16, 2024
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1020 KB
Language: English
An ambitious study of our obsession with complicity that shows how we can all become and "good accomplices. and " Beyond Complicity is a fascinating cultural diagnosis that identifies our obsession with complicity as a symptom of a deeply divided society. The questions surrounding what it means to be legally complicit are the same ones we may ask ourselves as we evaluate our own and others' responsibility for inherited and ongoing harms, such as racism, sexism, and climate What does it mean that someone and "knew and " they were contributing to wrongdoing? How much involvement must a person have in order to be complicit? At what point are we obligated to intervene? Francine Banner ties together pop culture, politics, law, and social movements to provide a framework for thinking about what we know that our society is defined by crisis, risk, and the quest to root out hazards at all costs. Engaging with legal cases, historical examples, and contemporary case studies, Beyond Complicity unfolds the complex role that complicity plays in US law and society today, offering suggestions for how to shift focus away from blame and toward positive, lasting systemic change.
