by Pascal Bruckner · Grasset & Fasquelle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246641612
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The Tyranny of Penitence is an essay by Pascal Bruckner that explores the Western tendency towards self-criticism and repentance. Bruckner argues that this obsession with guilt can lead to inaction and abdication of responsibility. The book analyzes how Europe, in particular, has been consumed by remorse for its past, forgetting its achievements and allowing other cultures to accuse it unfairly. Bruckner questions whether this constant self-flagellation is a path to redemption or simply a way to avoid facing the challenges of the present.
Pascal Bruckner is a French writer, one of the "New Philosophers" who came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Much of his work has been devoted to critiques of French society and culture.
