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I Suffer Therefore I Am: Portrait of the Victim as Hero

By (author) Pascal Bruckner, Translated by Stephen Muecke

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In the West today, suffering has become a new sacred cow.Â Once a common feature of the human condition, it is now a special trait you can use to impress your contemporaries.Â It provides you with a borrowed identity, transforming you into an exceptional being who can show off on the public stage at little cost. Everyone flaunts their certificate of affliction, positioning themselves above their peers. Even those who are well-off and powerful seek to find a place in the aristocracy of the margins, creating new castes of the dispossessed at the expense of the truly unfortunate. Infused with bitterness, this cult of the victim glorifies the martyr figure and feeds into the passions of revenge and resentment.Â This is the message of our age: we are all victims and entitled to feel sorry for ourselves. The submissive humanity of Christianity and the arrogant humanity of modernity have now been replaced by a victimized humanity allergic to distress.Â Pampered, coddled, raised in fear and sensitivity, how will younger generations be able to confront the chaotic world that awaits them, marked by war, violence, terrorism and climate chaos?Â Who will teach them the courage to endure, to face setbacks head-on, without faltering in the face of misfortune?

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