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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... ment, are not much interested in even discussing the forgiveness of them or reconciliation with them. It may, of course, be the case that the TRC was the only possible way, compatible with future peace and democratic government, of ...
... that forgiveness and compassion are morally superior to anger and resent- ment. Indeed, in the context of efforts to promote forgiveness and reconciliation, anger and resentment are often seen not merely as inferior 2 / Chapter 1.
... ment and other negative emotional attitudes is typically tied to rationalist, therapeutic, or moralist accounts that do not give these attitudes their due. What permeates contemporary discussions of responses to mass atrocity is a ...
... ment to certain moral standards , as regulative of social life ” ( 1994 : 69 ) . In a similar vein , Margaret Walker aims to provide an explanatory account of the moral work done by resentment in interpersonal and social relationships ...
... ment is one of those emotions, it is interesting to consider whether Améry is able to demonstrate successfully the need for a redefinition and reevaluation of ressentiment. The second reason why I chose my approach has to do with the ...
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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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