Bloomsbury Publishing
The Politics of the Wretched : Race, Reason, and Ressentiment
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9781350422858
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9781350422858
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$135.22
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 a public use of ressentiment, for the wretched to universalize their grievances, to see their antagonism as cutting across societies, and to turn personal trauma into a common cause. A public use of ressentiment rails against the ideology of identity and victimhood and insists on ressentiment's generative negativity, its own rationality, prompting a shift from ressentiment as a personal expression of frustration to ressentiment as a collective ?No?. Reframing ressentiment 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.
| Author: Zahi Zalloua |
| Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication Date: Sep 05, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 281 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1350422851 |
| ISBN-13: 9781350422858 |
The Politics of the Wretched : Race, Reason, and Ressentiment
$135.22
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 a public use of ressentiment, for the wretched to universalize their grievances, to see their antagonism as cutting across societies, and to turn personal trauma into a common cause. A public use of ressentiment rails against the ideology of identity and victimhood and insists on ressentiment's generative negativity, its own rationality, prompting a shift from ressentiment as a personal expression of frustration to ressentiment as a collective ?No?. Reframing ressentiment 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.
| Author: Zahi Zalloua |
| Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication Date: Sep 05, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 281 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1350422851 |
| ISBN-13: 9781350422858 |
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