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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... understanding of for- giveness. As always, the result is not final or comprehensive. Yet, I hope that it represents a challenge worth taking seriously and that it will contribute to a more balanced treatment of negative emotions and ...
... understanding of the negative emotions and attitudes of anger and resentment. I dwell on the negative to show that there is more to the harbor- ing of resentment and resistance to forgiveness than advocates of the value of forgiveness ...
... understanding of resent- 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 ...
... understanding and as partly cognitive in nature has not yet found any strong spokespersons in the context of transitional justice thinking.14 Victims ' resentment and hatred are rather cast in the rationalist image as blind forces or ...
... understanding of resentment as being part and parcel of living in humane relationships . Probably , the main source of this con- ception is a very influential essay by Peter F. Strawson . As Strawson put it , “ Being involved in inter ...
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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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