Tyranny of Guilt An Essay on Western Masochism

Name: Tyranny of Guilt An Essay on Western Masochism
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ISBN: 9780691154305

ISBN-10: 0691154309

ISBN-13: 9780691154305

Edition: 2010

Authors: Pascal Bruckner, Steven Rendall

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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 abolition of slavery, renouncing colonialism, building peaceful and prosperous communities, and…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English