Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies
|
Buy Now
Ressentiment - Reflections on Mimetic Desire and Society (Paperback)
Loot Price: R535
Discovery Miles 5 350
|
|
Ressentiment - Reflections on Mimetic Desire and Society (Paperback)
Series: Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory
(sign in to rate)
Loot Price R535
Discovery Miles 5 350
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
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 levels of society. This book explores,
according to Rene Girard's mimetic theory, the anthropological and
social assumptions that make up ressentiment and to investigate its
genesis. The analysis of ressentiment shows that this emotion
evolves from mimetic desire: it is an affective experience that
people have when a rival denies them opportunities or valuable
resources (including status) that they consider to be socially
accessible. It is a specific figure of mimetic desire that is
typical of contemporary society, where the equality that is
proclaimed at the level of values contrasts with striking
inequalities of power and access to material resources. This
dichotomy generates increasing tension between highly competitive
and egalitarian mimetic desires and growing social inequalities.
The ressentiment is ambiguous, and its ambiguity is that of mimetic
desire itself, which we cannot dismiss from our lives. In that it
provides occasions of conflict and baseness, ressentiment can fuel
violence, discord, and injustice, but it also can open
opportunities for growth and justice, and for inventing
institutions that are better adapted to the transformations of our
contemporary society.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.