Title: Tyrannie de la pénitence
Subtitle: an essay on Western masochism
Description: 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. This title argues that guilt has gone too far. It states that obsessive guilt has obscured important realities
Subjects: Western Civilization, Moral and ethical aspects, International relations, Self-hate (Psychology), Moral and ethical aspects of International relations, World politics, Intellectual life., Guilt, Foreign relations, Intellectual life, Civilization, western, International relations, moral and ethical aspects, Self-hate (psychology), United states, foreign relations, United states, intellectual life
Places: Western countries
Time periods: 20th century, 21st century