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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... possible way, compatible with future peace and democratic government, of dealing with transitional justice in South Africa. The transfer of power was, after all, the result of a negotiated settlement to avoid a violent revolution, and ...
... possible by a PhD fellow- ship granted by the Danish Research Agency and the Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and carried on by the Danish Institute for International Studies. 1 Transitional Justice and the Ethics of ...
... possible even in the worst of cases. For example, in his reflections on the proceedings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of South Africa, Desmond Tutu has repeatedly marveled and expressed his exhilaration at victims who ...
... possible moral legitimacy of some victims' preservation of resentment. This neglect is not fair—and in fact it can be deeply offensive. In short, I hope to contribute to a more complex and philosophically nuanced understanding of the ...
... possible. The question is what is needed to make possible the transition to peace, reconciliation, and a new and peaceful future. The conceptual tags themselves of these areas of study—transitional jus- tice, forgiveness and ...
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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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