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The Polemics of Ressentiment: Variations on Nietzsche
Contributor(s): Tuinen, Sjoerd Van (Editor)
ISBN: 1350003670     ISBN-13: 9781350003675
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE:   $158.40  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Philosophy | Movements - Critical Theory
Dewey: 170
LCCN: 2018289344
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.18 lbs) 256 pages
 
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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.