Failure and moral distinction in a Ukrainian marketplace of ideas.
This essay examines the generative effects of claiming moral failure within a Ukrainian liberal movement for media reform in post‐Maidan, pre‐invasion Ukraine. The reformers wished to reorganize news reporting around the ideals of autonomy, balanced objectivity, impartiality, and corrigibility, whic...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol. 29; pp. 62 - 79 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2023 Supplement 1
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