Re-thinking ressentiment : on the limits of criticism and the limits of its critics /
Jeanne Riou, Mary Gallagher (eds.).
- 1 online resource (vi, 214 pages)
- Cultural and media studies .
- Cultural and media studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover Re-thinking Ressentiment; Contents; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: Towards a History of Ressentiment ; Introduction: The Critical Focus of Re-thinking Ressentiment ; The Question of Resentment in Western and Confucian Philosophy. Ressentiment as Moral Imperative: Jean Am�ery's Nietzschean Revaluation of Victim Morality Ressentiment beyond Nietzsche and Am�ery: H.G. Adler between Literary Ressentiment and Divine Grace ; Contagion. Contemporary media coverage of protest movements in Germany and the charge of Ressentiment, with particular focus on "Stuttgart 21" Specular Ressentiment : San-Antonio, or the Art of Faking Resentment ; Criticism or Ressentiment? Literary Studies and the Politics of Interdisciplinarity. Ressentiment and Dissensus : The Place of Critique in the Contemporary Academy About the Authors ; Index of Names.
The charge of "Ressentiment" can in today's world - less from traditionally conservative quarters than from the neo-positivist discourses of particular forms of liberalism - be used to undermine the argumentative credibility of political opponents, dissidents and those who call for greater "justice". The essays in this volume draw on the broad spectrum of cultural discourse on "Ressentiment", both in historical and contemporary contexts. Starting with its conceptual genesis, the essays also show contemporary nuances of "Ressentiment" as well as its influence on aesthetic and literary discourse in the 20th century.
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Social movements. Government, Resistance to. Leadership. POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy. Government, Resistance to. Leadership. Social movements.