The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism

by Pascal Bruckner

Book Overview

Why the West must overcome its guilty conscience to foster a better global future

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691154309
• ISBN13: 9780691154305
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"