#  New Book by John T. Hamilton  

 





January 27, 2021

 

 

   ![Hamilton Selbstgefälligkeit book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum6781/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/germanic/files/hamilton_selbstgefalligkeit.jpg?itok=pKVF4bm2) 

 

[Über die Selbstgefälligkeit](https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3751805036?pf_rd_r=D6PBVWM3BN94G6DEGFBE&pf_rd_p=4ba7735c-ede3-4212-a657-844b25584948) (Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2021) -- Defined as an excessive pleasure in one’s sense of self-worth, status, and accomplishments, complacency is attacked as a social and political vice, often seen as responsible for routinized thinking. The complacent glide through life as if upon a flattened field, deluding themselves into believing that there are no obstructions or serious problems on the horizon. To be pleased means to traverse a smooth, even place, without contradiction or opposition. Still, any critique of complacency risks falling into a difficult trap, insofar as it might well lead to the critic’s own arrogant self-satisfaction. Mindful of this peril, *On Self-Complacency* examines the theoretical and historical characterization of the key term. It aims to plunge the depths of a concept that rests on a flattened worldview, considering the possible value of being displeased and displaced.

 

 

 



 

 

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