Arguing beyond hasty dichotomies and unexamined moral assumptions, Resentment's Virtue offers a more nuanced approach to an understanding of the reasons why survivors of mass atrocities sometimes harbour resentment and refuse to forgive. Building on a close examination of the writings of Holocaust-survivor Jean Améry, Brudholm argues that the preservation of resentment or the resistance to calls for forgiveness can be the reflex of a moral protest and ambition that might be as permissible, humane or honourable as the willingness to forgive.
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"Resentment's Virtue represents 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." -- Andrew Woolford, co-author of Informal Reckonings: Conflict Resolution in Mediation, Restorative Justice and Reparations
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Thomas Brudholm is Research Fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
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Desmond Tutu, Jean Améry, South Africa, Opening Moves, Primo Levi, Third Reich, Restoring Coexistence, Hannah Arendt, Multifarious Reception, Margaret Walker, Facing the Irreversible, Claudia Welz, South German, Jeffrie Murphy, National Socialism, Wishful Thinking, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Final Report, Paul Ricoeur, Amnesty Committee, Constitutional Court, Philip Fisher, Karl Jaspers, Jean-Michel Chaumont, Max Scheler Browse Sample Pages:
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legitimate moral sentiment, unforgiving victims, original atrocities, moral repair, moral remainder, amnesty policy, mass atrocity, resentful person, transitional justice, beyond guilt, mass atrocities, historical evil, absurd demand Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Desmond Tutu, Jean Améry, South Africa, Opening Moves, Primo Levi, Third Reich, Restoring Coexistence, Hannah Arendt, Multifarious Reception, Margaret Walker, Facing the Irreversible, Claudia Welz, South German, Jeffrie Murphy, National Socialism, Wishful Thinking, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Final Report, Paul Ricoeur, Amnesty Committee, Constitutional Court, Philip Fisher, Karl Jaspers, Jean-Michel Chaumont, Max Scheler Browse Sample Pages:
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