Conflict is not aggression

From intimate relationships to global policies, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: individuals as well as states often tip conflict situations into the register of aggression, criminalizing their opponents to cut short the contradiction and thus escape their own responsibility. in conflicts. By distinguishing between conflict and aggression, the author questions our culture of stigma. This deep work, as courageous as it is impertinent, shows how sanction and repression take precedence over self-analysis on an individual and collective scale, and how otherness serves as a justification for violence and exclusion. . This intentionally controversial book offers insight into contemporary and historical dynamics that mistake intimate, racial and geopolitical differences as triggers in the race for injustice, exclusion and repression. Conflict Is Not Aggression is a fierce plea against the cultural phenomenon of accusation, revealing how those in power exacerbate and manipulate fear of the "other" to avoid questioning. Sarah schulman