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Envy [electronic resource]

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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.

Title Envy [electronic resource] / Joseph Epstein.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher [New York] : New York Public Library
Oxford
New York : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2003
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-102) and index.
English
Content 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
Series The seven deadly sins
Extent 1 online resource (138 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010712035405171
MARC RECORDS
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