Author

Publication

2017 - Duke University Press, Durham, NC, No place, unknown, or undetermined

Language

English

Word Count

45,500 words, Guess

Page Count

182 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivetheoryofregret0000pric
  • ISBN-139780822369363
  • ISBN-139780822372394
  • ISBN-100822369362
  • ISBN-100822372398
and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780822372394
  • Better World Books9780822369363
  • Open LibraryOL28357374M

Classifications

  • LCCBF575
  • LCCBF575.R33P75 2017

Description

In A THEORY OF REGRET Brian Price takes up regret as a useful political emotion and, surprisingly, as a way to understand bureaucracy. Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt, Aristotle, and Heidegger, as well as examples from film, Price presents a philosophical reflection on the transformative qualities of regret insofar as it provides opportunities to re-evaluate our commitments and to recognize that we are judging ourselves and others differently. According to Price, the impersonality and indifference of bureaucracy is often seen as a structure to forestall regret; however, interacting with bureaucrats can be a pathway for thinking about how to redress past wrongs.

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  • A Theory of RegretDuke University Press2017-01-01

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