Infinite Desire

by Oppenheimer, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781568331737
• ISBN10: 1568331738
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Madison Books

Summary

This unorthodox look at the modern obsession with guilt is the first to offer a variety of literary, philosophical, and psychological perspectives on contemporary guilt from such sources as Kafka, Dostoyevski, Maupassant, Shakespeare, Newton, Descartes, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Byron, and Shelly.

Author Biography

Paul Oppenheimer, a widely published poet, short-story writer, journalist, and novelist, is professor of comparative medieval literature and English at the City College of the City University of New York and visiting professor of German at University College, London.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
What is Modern Guilt?	p. 9
The Secular Outlaw	p. 9
The Religious Terrorist	p. 23
Modern Laws and the Love of Guilt	p. 36
The History of Guilt	p. 47
Guilt as a Divine Gift	p. 47
Judeo-Christian Divergences	p. 56
Psychology and Guilt	p. 64
The Rebellions against Guilt	p. 71
Guilt as Oppression	p. 71
Hamlet and the New Injustice	p. 80
The Source of Modern Guilt	p. 89
Desire, Infinity and Guilt	p. 89
The Unappeasable God	p. 108
Select Bibliography	p. 121
Index	p. 123
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