Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 132 mm
Reihe: The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins
Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 132 mm
Reihe: The Seven Deadly Sins
ISBN: 978-0-19-515812-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press
While each of the other six deadly sins area a guilty pleasure, 'the green-eyed monster', as it is often called, is no fun. Jacob Epstein considers what the experts have written about envy, schadenfreude, and resentment, and how it operates under different political systems. It is part of a series of books on the history of sinning.
Part of a series of books on the history of sinning. While each of the other six deadly sins is a guilty pleasure, "the green-eyed monster" as it is often called, is no fun. Jacob Epstein considers what the experts have written about envy, schadenfreude and resentment, and how it operates under different political systems. Why is it so powerful that it can so easily overpower sense and caution? Could it ever be wiped from the map of humankind's nastier emotions? The author offers his own expriences of envy and his prescription for removing it from one's "psychic economy".
