Libro Here Lies Bitterness: Healing from Resentment De Fleury, Cynthia ; Stockwell, Cory

portada Here Lies Bitterness: Healing from Resentment

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Cynthia Fleury

Editorial

Polity Press

Año

2022

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

226

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781509551033

Categorías

Filosofía ética y moral

Here Lies Bitterness: Healing from Resentment

Cynthia Fleury (Autor) · Polity Press · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Here Lies Bitterness: Healing from Resentment"

The greatest threat to modern democracy comes from within and it has a name: resentment. Stemming from feelings of inferiority in relation to others, resentment is a diffuse and obsessive loathing, coupled with delusions of victimhood, which clouds one's judgment and perspective, so that an individual's capacity to act and heal is paralyzed. Without the ability to heal, resentment can give rise to violent impulses, to the rejection of the rule of law, the proliferation of conspiracy theories, and the urge to use violent means to try to regain control of one's life. As individuals and as societies, we face the same challenge: how to diagnose resentment and its dark forces, and how to resist the temptation to allow it to become the motor of our individual and collective histories. This bestselling and highly original account of the psychic forces shaping modern societies will be of great interest to anyone concerned about the crisis of democracy today and what we can do to address it.