Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 496 g
Why We Blame Each Other Instead of Systems
Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 496 g
ISBN: 978-0-520-39423-0
Verlag: University of California Press
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 change: What does it mean that someone "knew" 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 intuitively: 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.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
- Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Blood on Our Hands: Accomplices to Racism
2. Enabling, Laundering, Greenwashing: Complicity in Addiction, Sexual Misconduct, and Climate Change
3. Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: Criminal Accomplices
4. Accessories: White Women and Complicity
5. Assumptions of Risk
6. Beyond Complicity
Notes
Bibliography
Index