Mimicking the majority to avoid being an outlier.
For Gros, to disobey is to say "I." It is an assertion of the individual's conscience against the "bureaucracy of the mind." It requires a of the crowd. It is a fundamental act of political responsibility . It transforms a "subject" into a citizen . 📖 Accessing the Work Desobedecer Frederic Gros epub
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The central thesis of Frédéric Gros’s Desobedecer ( Disobey ) is that that we must actively break to reclaim our humanity. Gros argues that in an era of global crises, the greatest risk is not rebellion, but our collective tendency to conform to unjust systems. The Anatomy of Submission It transforms a "subject" into a citizen
Gros distinguishes between several forms of "going along" to show how deeply obedience is rooted in our psyche: Yielding to direct force or fear.
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