{"product_id":"resentments-virtue-jean-amery-and-the-refusal-to-forgive-9781592135660","title":"Resentment's Virtue: Jean Amery and the Refusal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA persuasive argument against \"forgive and forget\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eResentment's Virtue \u003ci\u003erepresents an important counterpoint to the privileged status accorded to the logic of forgiveness in the transitional justice and reparations literatures. Brudholm illustrates nicely that 'negative emotions' are not only understandable in the aftermath of mass atrocity, but that they possess a moral component that is often ignored by the boosters of reconciliation.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAndrew Woolford\u003c\/b\u003e, co-author of \u003ci\u003eInformal Reckonings: Conflict Resolution in Mediation, Restorative Justice and Reparations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eResentment’s Virtue\u003ci\u003e offers a much-needed corrective to the current fashionable enthusiasm for reconciliation and forgiveness as appropriate and desirable responses to unspeakable atrocities and the persons who authorized or committed them. It also provides a detailed analysis of Jean Améry’s contribution to the alternative argument that continuing outrage and refusal to forgive constitute justifiable moral reactions to such atrocities. It should stimulate renewed discourse on a troublesome subject.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLawrence L. Langer\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHolocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eUsing and Abusing the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In \u003c\/i\u003eResentment's Virtue\u003ci\u003e, Thomas Brudholm rightly takes issue with some of the lazy assumptions concerning both the putative benefits of reconciliation and the assumed negativity of anger directed against those who have committed human rights atrocities.... The results are a thoughtful and interesting… treatment.... [T]he themes in this book will be of interest across the transitional justice disciplines and if Brudholm compels people to take Améry seriously, I think he will regard his work as well done.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeward by Jefferie Murphy \u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Transitional Justice and the Ethics of Anger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Revisiting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Commissioning Anger \u003cbr\u003e3. The Hearings \u003cbr\u003e4. The Therapy of Anger \u003cbr\u003e5. Desmond Tutu on Anger \u003cbr\u003e6. Layers and Remainders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Jean Améry on Resentment and Reconciliation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Contextualizing \"\u003ci\u003eRessentiments\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003e8. Opening Moves \u003cbr\u003e9. Facing the Irreversible \u003cbr\u003e10. Restoring Coexistance \u003cbr\u003e11. Guilt and Responsibility \u003cbr\u003e12. Wishful Thinking? \u003cbr\u003e13. A Multifarious Reception \u003cbr\u003e14. Epilogue: Between Resentment and \u003ci\u003eRessentiment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Overview of Jean Améry's \"\u003ci\u003eRessentiments\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003eAppendix II: Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49410428404055,"sku":"9781592135660","price":46.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781592135660.jpg?v=1730510193","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/resentments-virtue-jean-amery-and-the-refusal-to-forgive-9781592135660","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}