Human Rights Series: Is the Victim/Oppressor Paradigm a Trap?

The first in the returning season of our Human Rights Series sponsored by LICRA USA brings together Pascal Bruckner and Adam Gopnik for a conversation about the framing of social justice.

“Victimhood” at the hands of "oppressors" is the lens through which many in the new generations have learned to analyze history and current events. Has this paradigm, inspired by a quest for social justice, gone too far? Is it the right key to understanding how the world works? Does it provide a path to greater justice or rather encourage an adversarial ethos, notably vis-a-vis the West, that some have described as "suicidal empathy" embraced by "useful idiots"?

This event is organized by Martine Trink Rubenstein, President of LICRA, USA.

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