The Polemics of Ressentiment : Variations on Nietzsche Paperback / softback
Edited by Sjoerd van Tuinen
Part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy series
Paperback / softback
Description
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 politicaldiscourse. 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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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/11/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781350141711
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/11/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781350141711
