The Dialectic of Ressentiment: Pedagogy of a Concept

by Sjoerd van Tuinen

Drawing upon a wide variety of authors, approaches, and ideological contexts, this book offers a comprehensive and detailed critique of the distinct and polemical senses in which the concept of ressentiment (and its cognate 'resentment') is used today. It also proposes a new mode of addressing ressentiment in which critique and polemics no longer set the tone: care.

Contemporary tendencies in political culture such as neoliberalism, nationalism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032470224
• ISBN13: 9781032470221
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"