The Polemics of Ressentiment
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The Polemics of Ressentiment

Variations on Nietzsche

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The Polemics of Ressentiment

Variations on Nietzsche

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The rise of populism, cynicism, fanaticism and fundamentalism challenges us to reconsider the problem of ressentiment. Characterized by Nietzsche as the self-poisoning of the will through internalising trauma in the form of a postponed and imaginary revenge, the concept of ressentiment is making a comeback in political
discourse. Unlike resentment, the feeling of injustice, ressentiment is an intrinsically polemical notion. It implies a political drama in which there is no inherent good sense in its application and no universal criterion. Drawing on psychoanalysis, political theory, media theory and philosophy, this book examines a wide variety of ideological contexts, offering an examination of the divergent senses in which the concept of ressentiment is used today.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2018
ISBN
9781350003699
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. Part One: Ressentiment as Voluntary Servitude
  9. Part Two: Ressentiment and/or Envy
  10. Part Three: Ressentiment and Democracy
  11. Index