Resentment's Virtue

A persuasive argument against "forgive and forget"

List of contents

Foreword by Jeffrie Murphy; Preface 1 Introduction Part One: Revisisiting The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa 2 Commissioning Anger; 3 The Hearings; 4 Pathologizing Anger; 5 Banning Anger; 6 Layers and Remainders Part Two: Jean Amery on Resentment and Reconciliation 7 Contextualizing "Ressentiments"; 8 Setting the Scene; 9 Facing the Irreversible; 10 Restoring Coexistence; 11 Guilt and Responsibility; 12 Wishful Thinking?; 13 A Multifarious Reception; 14 Epilogue Appendix 1: Overview of Jean Amery's "Ressentiments"; Appendix 2: Genocide and Crimes against Humanity; Endnotes; Works Cited; Index

About the author

Danish Institute for International Studies

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Brudholm
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2012
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: Politics, History, and Social
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works