Guilt about the past / Bernhard Schlink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schlink, Bernhard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guilt--Social aspects.

Guilt.

Guilt and culture--Germany.

Guilt and culture.

Germany--History--1933-1945--Philosophy.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Qld. : UQP, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal><I>Guilt about the Past </I>explores the phenomenon of guilt and how it attaches to a whole society, not only to individual perpetrators. It considers how to use the lesson of history to motivate individual moral behavior, how to reconcile a guilt-laden past, and the role of law in this process. Based on the Weidenfeld Lectures author Bernhard Schlink delivered at Oxford University, <I>Guilt about the Past</I> is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how events of the past can affect a nation's future. Written in Schlink's eloquent

Contents:

Front Cover ; About the Author ; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Collective Guilt?; The Presence of the Past; Mastering the Past through Law?; Forgiveness and Reconciliation; Prudence and Corruption; Stories about the Past; Acknowledgments; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7022-5193-3

0-7022-5192-5

OCLC:

843202529