The Polemics of Ressentiment Variations on Nietzsche (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350141711)

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 ressentimentis used today.

Author: Sjoerd Van Tuinen
ISBN-10: 1350141712
ISBN-13: 9781350141711
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2019
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d