Infinite Desire: A Guide to Modern Guilt - Hardcover

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Guilt makes no compromises. One may be a little in love or a little angry, but the idea of degrees of guilt is meaningless. Any guilt - emotional, religious, or legal - is fiendishly intense. The word itself conjures a mysterious intensity of indebtedness and regret.
Infinite Desire goes to the heart of this mystery. Its theme, the tyranny of guilt, is explored from a wide variety of perspectives and through a series of often startling anecdotes. Paul Oppenheimer examines the sources of the word "guilt"; languages and cultures without the concept of guilt; the importance and meanings of guilt in Judaism, Christianity, and other religions; psychological investigations of guilt; guilt and criminal behavior; guilt and mourning; guilt as a creative stimulant in modern times on literature, art, politics, law, music, and film; and the mysterious persistence of guilt in modern secular societies. Penetrating, effortlessly erudite, and consistently engaging, Infinite Desire offers a stimulating guide to this most perplexing and ambiguous subject.

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