The Politics of the Wretched: Race, Reason, and Ressentiment

by Zahi Zalloua

The Politics of the Wretched argues for ressentiment's generative negativity, prompting a shift from ressentiment as a personal expression of frustration to ressentiment as a collective "No". Inspired by Kant and Nietzsche's philosophy, Zalloua identifies two modes of deploying ressentiment - private and public use - by substituting ressentiment for reason. This reinterpretation argues for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350422851
• ISBN13: 9781350422858
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"