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.
| ISBN | 9781350003675 |
| Autor(a) | Van Tuinen, Sjoerd |
| Editora | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Ano de edição | 2018 |
| Páginas | 256 |
| Acabamento | Capa Dura |
| Dimensões | 23,40 X 15,60 |