Theodore Dalrymple

The uses of resentment
Examines the human emotion of resentment. How this is one of the most futile and destructive emotions; Opinion that many people spend more time dwelling on the wrongs supposedly done to them than they spend dwelling on the wrongs they have done to others; How resentment is more dependent on our inner needs than upon our outer circumstances; Psychological function resentment serves; The importance of victimhood in American culture.
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Americans are overly focused on their sense of self-worth.

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