{"product_id":"politics-of-the-wretched","title":"Politics Of The Wretched","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Politics of the Wretched\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e argues for \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e''s generative negativity, prompting a shift from \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e as a personal expression of frustration to \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e as a collective “No”.\u003c\/b\u003e Inspired by Kant and Nietzsche''s philosophy, Zalloua identifies two modes of deploying \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e – private and public use – by substituting \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e for reason. This reinterpretation argues for a public use of \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e, for the wretched to universalize their grievances, to see their antagonism as cutting across societies, and to turn personal trauma into a common cause.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A public use of \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e rails against the ideology of identity and victimhood and insists on \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e''s generative negativity, its own rationality, prompting a shift from \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e as a personal expression of frustration to \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e as a collective “No”. Reframing \u003ci\u003eressentiment\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195154538878,"sku":"NW9781350422858","price":90.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781350422858.jpg?v=1778538564","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/politics-of-the-wretched","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}