The tyranny of guilt :: an essay on Western masochism /

Fascism, communism, genocide, slavery, racism, imperialism--the West has no shortage of reasons for guilt. And, indeed, since the Holocaust and the end of World War II, Europeans in particular have been consumed by remorse. But Pascal Bruckner argues that guilt has now gone too far. It has become a...

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1. Verfasser: Bruckner, Pascal
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
French
Veröffentlicht: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:Fascism, communism, genocide, slavery, racism, imperialism--the West has no shortage of reasons for guilt. And, indeed, since the Holocaust and the end of World War II, Europeans in particular have been consumed by remorse. But Pascal Bruckner argues that guilt has now gone too far. It has become a pathology, and even an obstacle to fighting today's atrocities. Bruckner, one of France's leading writers and public intellectuals, argues that obsessive guilt has obscured important realities. The West has no monopoly on evil, and has destroyed monsters as well as created them--leading in the aboli.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 239 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400834310
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