Аннотация: Mohamed Bouazizi, Irina Slavina ... A philosophical essay.
Mohamed Bouazizi, Irina Slavina ... A philosophical essay.
The electronic scales were confiscated from the a street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi (Tunisia) and he burned himself on December 17, 2010 ...
What are the sources of such a political tradition as self-immolation?
As a rule, self-immolations take place in the countries of the East. There is a high level of despotism, limited opportunities for public protest, efforts to defend oneself by appealing to law enforcement agencies, to court are ineffective.
In the USSR, the raw material pie played an important role. People inclined towards education and more or less complicated employment were in a relatively favorable position. The rest also got some crumbs from this pie.
In the post-Stalinist period, indulgent uncles and grandfathers were in power. It was important for them that the people did not get involved in politics. Those who did not go into politics, were treated without excessive cruelty ... They lived themselves, and gave others opportunity to live...
After 1991, democratic times came. The judicial reform began, the jury appeared.
Courts have opened doors for amateur defenders of various kinds of public values. The situation has become even more favorable for persons with higher legal education ...
There was a real opportunity to protect their own interests through an appeal to the political (state), judicial systems.
The 1993 Constitution did not encroach (officially) on the basic principles of judicial reform, imitated adherence to democratically values ...
After the beginning of the 21st century, competition gradually disappeared out the political sphere in Russia, and the reform of procedural legislation, legislation on the judiciary and other spheres is aimed at limiting the independence of the courts and expanding the powers of other bodies.
Gradually, Russia begins to resemble the countries of the East - the level of despotism is high, the possibilities of public protest are limited, efforts to defend oneself by appealing to law enforcement agencies, to the courts are ineffective.
Of course, not all at once. Traditions of self-immolation developed in the East for a relatively long period ...
But gradually new realities are making their way.
Something of the same theme is observed in Belarus.
Why are participants in peaceful protests being repressed? - They walk along the carriageway and (allegedly) interfere with traffic [and modern official urbanistic policy does not impede traffic very much?] ... - And if they walk along sidewalks intended for pedestrians? If they just stand at the edge of the sidewalk with a piece of paper in their hands?
In response - a pseudo-legal, a pseudo-law demagoguery.
So if today there was a conversation between political philosophers from Russia and from Belarus, they would have something to tell each other about ...
October 2, 2020 21:29
Translation from Russian into English: October 2, 2020 21:56.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Мохаммед Буазизи, Ирина Славина... Философское эссе".