On Murderous Silence

Abstract

The paper focuses on violence, claiming that it is not action, but silence and inaction that become “murderous”, given that we are forced into a permanent and impossible process of choosing between responsibility for the other and the possibility of responding to a call for help. Still, this position is not final and the author offers certain alternative strategies, such as rebellion, goodness, critique and shame.

Predavanje se fokusira na nasilje i tvrdi da nije delovanje već ćutnja i nečinjenje ono što po staje ,smrtonosnoʻ, s obzirom na to da smo prisiljeni na trajni i nemogući proces odlučivanja između odgovornosti za drugoga i mogućnosti odgovaranja na bilo koji poziv u pomoć. Ipak, takva vrsta prihvatanja nije konačna i autor nudi određene alternativne strategije: pobunu, dobrotu, kritiku i sram.