Discussing racial attacks with students and help finding information on the 'piataia grafa'

[Roebuck-Johnson, Aimee M. (JSC-AH)]

Sounds like a great topic for a dissertation...

Aimee Roebuck-Johnson
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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Stillings|Alinga
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Discussing racial attacks with students and help
finding information on the 'piataia grafa'

Would not the general attitude towards individual responsibility (its
the state's problem ...) that is so notorious in Russia also lead to
more "standing by and watching" than would be in cultures where there
has been historically more individual responsibility?


>I must point out that the phenomenon of "standing by and watching" is a

>well documented sociological phenomenon and has very little to do with 
>Russia or Russianness.  It is the effect of the diffusion of individual

>responsibility in the presence of others.  Let's not associate it with 
>anything particularly Russian for just as "attacks happen all over the 
>world" so does the phenomenon of "standing by and watching."
>
> Marina Antic
> University of Wisconsin - Madison

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