Open Access“The looters are just expropriating what they would otherwise have bought...”. Towards the phenomenology of contemporary protest in the United States
Author(s) -
Sergey A. Voronin,
Воронин Сергей Анатольевич,
B G Yakemenko,
Якеменко Борис Григорьевич
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ vseobŝaâ istoriâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-833X
pISSN - 2312-8127
DOI - 10.22363/2312-8127-2020-12-4-380-389
Subject(s) - phenomenon , looting , happening , phenomenology (philosophy) , consciousness , sacrifice , social phenomenon , political science , sociology , political economy , law , criminology , aesthetics , law and economics , history , social science , epistemology , philosophy , archaeology , art history , performance art
The article analyzes the phenomenon of social protests that swept the United States in 2020. The article considers the evolution of the concepts of sacrifice and redemption in the modern public consciousness of the USA and Europe. The author analyzes the cause-and-effect relationships of what is happening, the phenomena accompanying the protests, in particular, looting, which is perceived by the protesters not as a marginal phenomenon, but as a necessary condition for restoring social justice.