RESENTMENT'S VIRTUE by Thomas Brudholm, Jeffrie G. Murphy (Foreword), John C. Torpey ( 9781592135660 )

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RESENTMENT'S VIRTUE
JEAN AMERY AND THE REFUSAL TO FORGIVE

By:

Thomas Brudholm, Jeffrie G. Murphy (Foreword), John C. Torpey

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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S.

Pub. date:

15 February, 2008

Series:

Politics History & Social Chan

Pages:

256

Description:

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 Amery, 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.

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A persuasive argument against "forgive and forget"

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