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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451621903321

Autore

Epstein Joseph <1937->

Titolo

Envy [[electronic resource] /] / Joseph Epstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York], : New York Public Library

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-83797-7

0-19-803591-8

1-4237-7576-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Collana

The seven deadly sins

Disciplina

179/.8

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-102) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: Not Jealousy; CHAPTER TWO: Spotting the Envious; CHAPTER THREE: Secret Vice; CHAPTER FOUR: Is Beauty Friendless?; CHAPTER FIVE: The Glittering Prizes; CHAPTER SIX: The Young, God Damn Them; CHAPTER SEVEN: Knavery's Plain Face; CHAPTER EIGHT: Under Capitalism Man Envies Man;  Under Socialism, Vice Versa; CHAPTER NINE: Our Good Friends, the Jews; CHAPTER TEN: Enjoying the Fall; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Resentment by Any Other Name; CHAPTER TWELVE: Is Envying Human Nature?; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Professional Envy; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Poor Mental Hygiene

A BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTEINDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Part of a series of books on the history of sinning. This work considers what the experts have written about envy, schadenfreude, and resentment, and how it operates under different political systems.