{"id":11625,"date":"2022-06-02T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/?post_type=article&#038;p=11625"},"modified":"2022-06-02T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:00:18","slug":"the-cruelty-of-silence-the-bystanders-role-in-social-trauma","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/the-cruelty-of-silence-the-bystanders-role-in-social-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cruelty of Silence: The Bystander&#8217;s Role in Social Trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Presentation Announcement by <strong>Ruth Lijtmaer<\/strong> (USA)<\/p>\n<p>(2022). In <em>Implicated Subject and Historical Community Trauma: Towards Acceptance and Transcendence<\/em> [panel]. International Psychohistory Association, 45th Annual Conference, online, May 19-21.<\/p>\n<p>In this presentation Lijtmaer suggests that the bystander is an active accomplice or passive acceptant of the illegal policies of the government. The bystander\u2019s cruel silence helps propagate the legacies of historical violence, economic exploitation and ecological damage. How can confronting our own and others&#8217; implication in difficult histories lead to new forms of international dialogue and long-distance solidarity? How to hold bystanders accountable for what they do, morally and politically?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1688 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/RLijtmaerDSCN5132.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"240\" \/>Ruth Lijtmaer, Ph.D.<br \/>\nRidgewood, New Jersey<br \/>\n<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;:&#x72;l&#105;&#x6a;&#116;&#x31;&#50;&#x33;&#64;&#x67;m&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#109;\">Email Ruth Lijtmaer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Lijtmaer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":15,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"issuem_issue":[85],"issuem_issue_categories":[],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"class_list":["post-11625","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","issuem_issue-bookshelf-june-2022-vol21-no3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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