Phenomenological Analysis of Envy

<p>This book provides a phenomenological analysis of envy. The author’s account takes a descriptive look at the whole experience of envy as it pertains to the envier’s sense of self and the envied.</p><p>Philosophical work on envy has predominately focused on how the envier perceives thinks about or schemes against the person envied. This book proposes a phenomenological analysis of envy that articulates its essentially comparative character according to which we can further incorporate the role of the envier. This approach offers a novel contribution in three ways. First it develops a notion of two predominant ways in which envy expresses itself: one that is bad for the envied and the other that is bad for the envier. Second it renews the traditional defense of the view that envy is bad or vicious. Third it provides original phenomenological descriptions of differences between envy and covetousness indignation emulation ressentiment and jealousy. By drawing on literary sources and social scientific literature the author provides concrete examples of the lived experience of an envier.</p><p><em>A Phenomenological Analysis of Envy </em>will appeal to researchers and advanced students working in ethics moral psychology phenomenology and philosophy of emotion.</p>