This book is a response to Friedrich Nietzsche's provocative question: How much and how does ressentiment condition our daily life? During the twentieth century we witnessed veritable eruptions of this insidious emotion, and we are still witnesses of its proliferation at various…
Ressentiment-the hateful desire for revenge-plays a pivotal role in Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals. Ressentiment explains the formation of bad conscience, guilt, asceticism, and, most importantly, it motivates the "slave revolt" that gives rise to Western morality's valu…
Ressentiment as the home of justice? -- The psychology of ressentiment -- Ressentiment's injustice -- Slave revolt, self-deception, the free subject -- Interlude: bad conscience, guilt, and the priestly ascetic ideal -- The emergence of moral justice -- A genealogy of the capaci…
Ressentiment - the hateful desire for revenge - plays a pivotal role in Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals. Ressentiment explains the formation of bad conscience, guilt, asceticism, and, most importantly, it motivates the "slave revolt" that gives rise to Western morality's …
