{"product_id":"the-politics-of-the-wretched-zahi-zalloua-9781350422889","title":"The Politics of the Wretched: Race, Reason, and Ressentiment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Politics of the Wretched\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e argues for \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e's generative negativity, prompting a shift from \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e as a personal expression of frustration to \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e as a collective \"No\".\u003c\/b\u003e Inspired by Kant and Nietzsche's philosophy, Zalloua identifies two modes of deploying \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e - private and public use - by substituting \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e for reason. This reinterpretation argues for a public use of \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e, for the wretched to universalize their grievances, to see their antagonism as cutting across societies, and to turn personal trauma into a common cause. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A public use of \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e rails against the ideology of identity and victimhood and insists on \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e's generative negativity, its own rationality, prompting a shift from \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e as a personal expression of frustration to \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e as a collective \"No\". Reframing \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e as a tool to oppose the evils of capitalism, anti-Blackness, and neocolonialism, it both alarms the liberal gatekeepers of the status quo and promises to energize the anti-racist Left in its ongoing struggles for universal justice and emancipation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zahi Zalloua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350422886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350422889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.59d","brand":"Zahi Zalloua","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449505788159,"sku":"9781350422889","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_647933b4-4219-4733-9615-392de9966cb9.jpg?v=1777263688","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-the-wretched-zahi-zalloua-9781350422889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}