
ON FORGIVENESS AND REVENGE |
Subtitle:
Lessons from an Iranian Prison
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Book Category:
Biography & Autobiography > General
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Author:
Ramin Jahanbegloo
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ISBN 13:
9780889775008
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Price:
CAD 25.95
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Publication Year:
2017
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Publisher Info
University of Regina. InquiryBook Description
Upon his release from Iran's notorious Evin Prison, philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo contemplated the words of Mandela as he grappled with demons arising from being unjustly imprisoned.He then began to wrestle with ideas of forgiveness versus revenge, and wondered if the politics of forgiveness could offer salvation in a world where revenge endangers the social and political fabric of our lives.