“Merciless Merciful Summer” by B. Melkevik: Collective Responsibility and Cancel Culture in Memorial Wars
https://doi.org/10.22394/2686-7834-2022-2-15-21
Abstract
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.
Keywords
collective responsibility,
collective memory,
cancellation culture,
memorial wars,
communicative theory of law
Supporting agencies: Работа выполнена при поддержке Российского научного фонда в рамках конкурса «Проведение фундаментальных научных исследований и поисковых научных исследований отдельными научными группами» (региональный конкурс), 22-18-20011 «Цифровая грамотность: междисциплинарное исследование (региональный аспект)».
About the Authors
D. S. Artamonov
Saratov State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Denis S. Artamonov, PhD in History, Associated Professor
Saratov
S. V. Tikhonova
Saratov State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sophia V. Tikhonova, Doctor of Science (Philosophy), Professor
Saratov
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For citations:
Artamonov D.S., Tikhonova S.V. “Merciless Merciful Summer” by B. Melkevik: Collective Responsibility and Cancel Culture in Memorial Wars. Theoretical and Applied Law. 2022;(2):15-21. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2686-7834-2022-2-15-21
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