Reconstructivists are trying to make the transition from eurocentric patriarchal thinking and the dominator model of culture, toward an aesthetic of interconnectedness, social responsibility and ecological attunement.
Democracies and authoritarian regimes sometimes offer the same rationales for failing to prosecute torturers. The morale of the security forces, for example, is sacred in a democracy as it is in an undemocratic regime. Putting soldiers or policemen on the witness stand is politically dangerous. They might, after all, name high-ranking officials or public officials who sanctioned the treatment.
Reading: Sylvere Lotringer
Gramsci
Lawrence E. Cahoone
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