Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

Title: Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair Author: Sarah Schulman ISBN: 9781551526430 Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Published: 2016 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Psychology 1536682 Publisher Description: From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated accusations of harm are used to avoid accountability. Illuminating the difference between Conflict and Abuse, Schulman directly addresses our contemporary culture of scapegoating. This deep, brave, and bold work reveals how punishment replaces personal and collective self-criticism, and shows why difference is so often used to justify cruelty and shunning. Rooting the problem of escalation in negative group relationships, Schulman illuminates the ways cliques, communities, families, and relig