Resentment's Virtue: Jean Amery and the Refusal to ForgiveTemple University Press, 28. 2. 2008. - 256 страница Most current talk of forgiveness and reconciliation in the aftermath of collective violence proceeds from an assumption that forgiveness is always superior to resentment and refusal to forgive. Victims who demonstrate a willingness to forgive are often celebrated as virtuous moral models, while those who refuse to forgive are frequently seen as suffering from a pathology. Resentment is viewed as a negative state, held by victims who are not "ready" or "capable" of forgiving and healing. Resentment's Virtue offers a new, more nuanced view. Building on the writings of Holocaust survivor Jean Améry and the work of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Thomas Brudholm argues that the preservation of resentment can be the reflex of a moral protest that might be as permissible, humane or honorable as the willingness to forgive. Taking into account the experiences of victims, the findings of truth commissions, and studies of mass atrocities, Brudholm seeks to enrich the philosophical understanding of resentment. |
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... difficult to gain clarity about the moral nature and value of responses to the policies and attitudes of the aftermath. Is it not, at some point, legitimate or appropriate to expect victims of mass atrocity to overcome their resentment ...
... difficult is to have someone tell me I should not still feel like this. BRIAN MPHAHLELE , APARTHEID VICTIM † † Cited in Verdoolaege Annelies. 2006. Managing reconciliation at the human rights violations hearings of the South African TRC ...
... difficult to reconcile with actual surveys of victims' experiences with witnessing and truth-telling. For example, according to the Trauma Center for Victims of Violence and Torture in Cape Town, some 60 percent of those who testified ...
... difficult political negotia- tions between the African National Congress and the government of F.W. de Klerk led to an interim constitution that took effect with the first free elections in South Africa in April 1994. In 1995, the new ...
... difficult to overcome anger and vindictiveness . It could , for example , be grounded in completely sensible complaints about the lack of signs of remorse in the wrongdoer ; resistance to state - sponsored forgiveness ; refusals to ...
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Jean Améry on Resentment and Reconciliation | 63 |
Overview of Jean Amérys Ressentiments | 177 |
Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity | 179 |
Notes | 185 |
Works Cited | 209 |
Index | 223 |
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