“Merciless Merciful Summer” by B. Melkevik: Collective Responsibility and Cancel Culture in Memorial Wars

This article describes the B. Melkevik’s philosophical and legal views on issues related to the legal understanding of collective memory, historical responsibility and collective guilt. The authors fit the researcher’s reasoning into the broad context of the development of ideas about collective res...

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Main Authors: D. S. Artamonov, S. V. Tikhonova
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Language:English
Published: North-West Institute of Management, Branch of Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) 2022-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.taljournal.ru/jour/article/view/176
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description This article describes the B. Melkevik’s philosophical and legal views on issues related to the legal understanding of collective memory, historical responsibility and collective guilt. The authors fit the researcher’s reasoning into the broad context of the development of ideas about collective responsibility and link the “ethical memory” criticized by B. Melkevik with the “cancel culture” and the spread of “new ethics”, suggesting the possibility of placing blame for the actions of one person on the group with which he identifies. The authors consider the limits of applicability of the concept of “Leta” B. Melkevik, believing that the conventional establishment of a regime of oblivion for historical memory through democratic procedures undermines the expertise of professional historical knowledge that provides a reliable Past. They come to the conclusion that the “cancel culture” characteristic of the digital media environment blocks the Habermas model of communicative rationality used by Melkevik.
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“Merciless Merciful Summer” by B. Melkevik: Collective Responsibility and Cancel Culture in Memorial Wars
Теоретическая и прикладная юриспруденция
collective responsibility
collective memory
cancellation culture
memorial wars
communicative theory of law
title “Merciless Merciful Summer” by B. Melkevik: Collective Responsibility and Cancel Culture in Memorial Wars
title_full “Merciless Merciful Summer” by B. Melkevik: Collective Responsibility and Cancel Culture in Memorial Wars
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title_short “Merciless Merciful Summer” by B. Melkevik: Collective Responsibility and Cancel Culture in Memorial Wars
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collective memory
cancellation culture
memorial wars
communicative theory of law
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