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. But Pascal Bruckner argues that guilt has
now gone too far. It has become a pathology, and even an obstacle
to fighting today's atrocities. Bruckner, one of France's leading
writers and public intellectuals, argues that obsessive guilt has
obscured important realities. The West has no monopoly on evil, and
has destroyed monsters as well as created them--leading in the
abolition of slavery, renouncing colonialism, building peaceful and
prosperous communities, and establishing rules and institutions
that are models for the world. The West should be proud--and ready
to defend itself and its values. In this, Europeans should learn
from Americans, who still have sufficient self-esteem to act
decisively in a world of chaos and violence. Lamenting the vice of
anti-Americanism that grips so many European intellectuals,
Bruckner urges a renewed transatlantic alliance, and advises
Americans not to let recent foreign-policy misadventures sap their
own confidence. This is a searing, provocative, and psychologically
penetrating account of the crude thought and bad politics that
arise from excessive bad conscience.
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