The Implicated Subject : Beyond Victims and Perpetrators
Arguing that the familiar categories of victim, perpetrator, and bystander do not adequately account for our involvement in historical violence and contemporary inequality, this book introduces a new theory of political responsibility through the figure of the implicated subject.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Redwood City : Stanford University Press,
2019
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Cultural memory in the present
Cultural Memory in the Present Ser. |
| Schlagworte: | Responsibility Agent (Philosophy) Collective memory Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Arguing that the familiar categories of victim, perpetrator, and bystander do not adequately account for our involvement in historical violence and contemporary inequality, this book introduces a new theory of political responsibility through the figure of the implicated subject. Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From Victims and Perpetrators to Implicated Subjects -- PART I: LONG-DISTANCE LEGACIES -- 1 The Transmission Belt of Domination: Theorizing the Implicated Subject -- 2 On (Not) Being a Descendant: Implicated Subjects and the Legacies of Slavery -- PART II: COMPLEX IMPLICATION -- 3 Progress, Progression, Procession: William Kentridge's Implicated Aesthetic -- 4 From Gaza to Warsaw: Multidirectional Memory and the Perpetuator -- PART III: LONG-DISTANCE SOLIDARITY -- 5 Under the Sign of Suitcases: The Holocaust Internationalism of Marceline Loridan-Ivens -- 6 "Germany Is in Kurdistan": Hito Steyerl's Images of Implication -- Conclusion: Transfiguring Implication -- Notes -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781503609600 150360960X 9780804794114 0804794111 |