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by Sjoerd Van Tuinen (Editor)
The rise of populism, cynicism, fanaticism and fundamentalism challenges us to reconsider the problem of ressentiment. Characterized by Nietzsche as the self-poisoning of the will through internalising trauma in the form of a postponed and imaginary revenge, the concept of ressentiment is making a comeback in political
discourse.
Author Biography
Sjoerd van Tuinen is Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Co-Founder of the Erasmus Institute for Public Knowledge, at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.