Donald J. Trump and the rhetoric of ressentiment
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DOI: 10.1080/00335630.2019.1698756
Abstract: ABSTRACT This essay contributes to and reframes the preliminary scholarly assessments of President Donald J. Trump's appeals to rage, malice, and revenge by sketching the rhetorical dimensions of an underlying emotional-moral framework in which victimization,… read more here.
Keywords: resentment; donald trump; ressentiment; rhetoric ressentiment ... See more keywords
Brexit, the NHS and the double-edged sword of populism: Contributor to agonistic democracy or vehicle of ressentiment?
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DOI: 10.1177/1350508419855699
Abstract: In this paper we argue that mature political democracies require an agonistic form of populism in order to function. Agonistic populism counters technocratic apathy and instrumental reductionism and provides democracies with discursive legitimacy for the… read more here.
Keywords: brexit; populism; ressentiment; brexit nhs ... See more keywords
The resentment-ressentiment complex: a critique of liberal discourse
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DOI: 10.1332/204378920x15828100918561
Abstract: This article offers a critique of a widespread political discourse that distinguishes ‘resentment’ from ‘ressentiment’, legitimating the former and dismissing the latter. This distinction not only incorporates some reactive sentiments at the cost of the… read more here.
Keywords: ressentiment; resentment ressentiment; discourse resentment; ressentiment complex ... See more keywords
Narratives of Success and Failure in Ressentiment: Assuming Victimhood and Transmuting Frustration among Young Korean Men
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DOI: 10.3390/socsci12050259
Abstract: In this article, we examine toxic masculinity, anti-feminist, anti-globalisation, and anti-military conscription positions in the narratives of what constitutes success and failure among young South Korean men during the COVID-19 pandemic. Misogynistic accounts attributed to… read more here.
Keywords: success failure; korean men; success; victimhood ... See more keywords