Envy / Joseph Epstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Joseph, 1937-

Series:

Seven deadly sins.

The seven deadly sins

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Envy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : New York Public Library ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Part of a series of books on the history of sinning. This work considers what the experts have written about envy, schadenfreude, and resentment, and how it operates under different political systems.

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: Not Jealousy; CHAPTER TWO: Spotting the Envious; CHAPTER THREE: Secret Vice; CHAPTER FOUR: Is Beauty Friendless?; CHAPTER FIVE: The Glittering Prizes; CHAPTER SIX: The Young, God Damn Them; CHAPTER SEVEN: Knavery's Plain Face; CHAPTER EIGHT: Under Capitalism Man Envies Man; Under Socialism, Vice Versa; CHAPTER NINE: Our Good Friends, the Jews; CHAPTER TEN: Enjoying the Fall; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Resentment by Any Other Name; CHAPTER TWELVE: Is Envying Human Nature?; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Professional Envy; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Poor Mental Hygiene

A BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTEINDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-102) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-028914-7

1-280-83797-7

0-19-803591-8

1-4237-7576-7

OCLC:

476025476