The Polemics of Ressentiment: Variations on Nietzsche (Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy)
The Polemics of Ressentiment: Variations on Nietzsche (Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy) by Sjoerd van Tuinen
English | May 17th, 2018 | ISBN: 1350003670, 9781350003675 | 257 Pages | True PDF | 11.20 MB
English | May 17th, 2018 | ISBN: 1350003670, 9781350003675 | 257 Pages | True PDF | 11.20 MB
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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