Resentment's virtue: Jean Améry and the refusal to forgive
Thomas Brudholm
Arguing beyond hasty dichotomies and unexamined moral assumptions, Resentment's Virtue offers a more nuanced approach to an understanding of the reasons why survivors of mass atrocities sometimes harbour resentment and refuse to forgive. Building on a close examination of the writings of Holocaust-survivor Jean Améry, Brudholm argues that the preservation of resentment or the resistance to calls for forgiveness can be the reflex of a moral protest and ambition that might be as permissible, humane or honourable as the willingness to forgive.
Рік:
2008
Видавництво:
Temple University Press
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
255
ISBN 10:
1592135668
Файл:
PDF, 923 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2008