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Toward a Theory of Collective Resentment

dc.contributor.authorStockdale, Katie Elizabeth
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerN/Aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorMichael Hymersen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerChike Jeffersen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerKirstin Borgersonen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDuncan MacIntoshen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-04T18:50:21Z
dc.date.available2012-09-04T18:50:21Z
dc.date.defence2012-08-13
dc.date.issued2012-09-04
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this project is to develop a theory of collective resentment. Collective resentment, on my view, is resentment that is felt and expressed by individuals in response to a perceived threat to a collective to which they belong. This is particularly important for understanding resentments that arise from social vulnerability, resentments which are often about membership within a particular social group. In this thesis, I develop my theory of collective resentment and apply it to understand the resentments of indigenous and settler Canadians in response to the Indian Residential Schools. I then explore the relationship between resentment and different kinds of responsibility, including the responsibility to relinquish inappropriate resentment and the responsibility to give resentments uptake. I conclude that focusing on the resentments that persist in indigenous-settler relations, and specifically the collective resentments that dominate the political landscape, brings us a lot further in understanding how to move from hostility and hopelessness toward peaceful coexistence.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/15455
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectResentment, moral emotions, philosophy, indigenous Canadians, settler Canadiansen_US
dc.titleToward a Theory of Collective Resentmenten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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