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The Tears of the White Man: Compassion as Contempt (French: Le Sanglot de l'homme blanc. Tiers-Monde, culpabilité, haine de soi) is a 1983 book by the French philosopher Pascal Bruckner. It describes how the political left of the Western world has a sentimental view of the Third World.
- Pascal Bruckner
- 1983
Jan 1, 1986 · Pascal Bruckner's The Tears of the White Man is an old school classic concerning the guilt westerners feel towards citizens of the third world. It also describes the guilt whites feel towards people of color in general, but is only vicariously applicable to the United States.
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- Pascal Bruckner
Feb 19, 2013 · The tears of the white man : compassion as contempt. by. Bruckner, Pascal. Publication date. 1986. Topics. Developing countries -- Colonial influence., Developing countries -- Social conditions., Developing countries -- Politics and government. Publisher. New York : Free Press.
The Tears of the White Man: Compassion As Contempt (English Edition) Pascal Bruckner, William Beer (Introduction) 3.90. 59 ratings5 reviews. In this imaginatively argued essay Bruckner lambasts Western attitudes toward the Third World as being characterized by guilt, hypocrisy, and paternalism.
THE TEARS OF THE WHITE MAN: Compassion as Contempt. by Pascal Bruckner ‧RELEASE DATE: Nov. 1, 1986. Polemic by a French expert on world hunger, telling Westerners to stop feeling guilty about the Third World, because it isn't our fault, and they aren't such nice guys anyway.
Mar 1, 1987 · The Tears of the White Man: Compassion as Contempt. By Pascal Bruckner. Free Press, 1986, 244 pp. Reviewed by Fritz Stern. Spring 1987 Published on March 1, 1987. A diatribe against the ideologues of Western guilt, against pious compassion with and exaltation of Third World countries.
Pascal Bruckner's The Tears of the White Man is an old school classic concerning the guilt westerners feel towards citizens of the third world. It also describes the guilt whites feel towards people of color in general, but is only vicariously applicable to the United States.
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- Pascal Bruckner
