Autorentext

Prof. Dr. Oliver Errichiello is a professor and lecturer at the Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts at Mittweida and Lucerne. The communication psychologist and socio-economist has written numerous books and essays. He was an executive consultant at the Institute for Brand Technology in Geneva for many years, founder of the Büro für Markenentwicklung in Hamburg.

Klappentext

Collective forgiveness is in no way inferior to love in its mysteriousness.

Although we usually act thoughtfully and rationally, many actions and decisions cannot seem to be logically derived. Forgiveness  everyone knows it and has experienced it is one of them.

This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition *Kollektives Verzeihen *by Oliver Errichiello, published by Springer-Verlag, part of Springer Nature in 2021. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

The book answers questions such as:

• Why have people always forgiven each other - or rejected the very act of forgiving? Do we forgive individuals in a personal environment more easily or more difficult than a group of people?
• And most importantly, why is collective forgiveness effective across time and cultures? About the Author 

Prof. Dr. Oliver Errichiello is a professor and lecturer at the Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts at Mittweida and Lucerne. The communication psychologist and socio-economist has written numerous books and essays. He was an executive consultant at the Institute for Brand Technology in Geneva for many years, founder of the Büro für Markenentwicklung in Hamburg.

Zusammenfassung

In this age of a hyper-complex and totally interconnected world that no longer knows pauses, forgiveness is essential. 

The author explains that collective forgiveness is in no way inferior to love in its mysteriousness. We humans are unfathomable beings. Although we usually act thoughtfully and rationally, many actions and decisions cannot seem to be logically derived. Forgiveness - everyone knows it and has experienced it - is one of them. Forgiveness is one of the most important and exciting phenomena of human communication. The book answers questions such as: Why do we forgive some people and not others? Why does forgiveness take time? Why have people always forgiven each other - or rejected the very act of forgiving? Do we forgive individuals in a personal environment more easily or we more hesitant than with a group of people? And most importantly, why is collective forgiveness effective across time and cultures? 

The book is thought-provoking and offers valuable impulses to better understand one's own and social actions.

This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Kollektives Verzeihen by Oliver Errichiello, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature in 2021. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

Inhalt

What does collective forgiveness mean?.- About pleasing and autonomy.- About forgiving.- About collective will.- About opinions of many.- About collective forgiveness.- Concluding thoughts or: Why forgiving makes us human.