Ivana Zagorac
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences [Filozofski fakultet], Philosophy, Faculty Member
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Marie Curie Fellowship Post-Doc
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ressentiment gained popularity through the writings of Friedrich
Nietzsche. According to Nietzsche, ressentiment was a bad feeling that
reflected the suppressed anger, the pain of impotence, and the general
misery of the weak when they compared themselves to the strong and
talented members of society. Max Scheler took up Nietzsche’s thesis
and described ressentiment as a complex condition characterised by a
thirst for revenge. Moreover, ressentiment has the annoying property of
presenting itself as having some merit: the modern social and political
context offers more than enough examples.
First, the aim of this article is to take a closer look at Nietzsche’s
‘man of ressentiment,’ an odious personality characterised by weakness, deep frustrations, and hypocrisy. It will turn out that ressentiment has
many different shades that paint a somewhat different picture and raise
philosophical questions about positive valuation, vulnerability, and the
sense of injustice.
Second, we shall be working on the link between the psychology of
ressentiment and the temptation to lack integrity in writing, art, or
science. The well-described and well-known fact that academic
fraudsters evolve in disguise, that they first reactively endorse values
very different from their own values, and that these plagiarist authors,
second, embark on long-term projects repeating their misdeeds and
errors, as if it were normal, are two facts worthy of our attention.
ressentiment gained popularity through the writings of Friedrich
Nietzsche. According to Nietzsche, ressentiment was a bad feeling that
reflected the suppressed anger, the pain of impotence, and the general
misery of the weak when they compared themselves to the strong and
talented members of society. Max Scheler took up Nietzsche’s thesis
and described ressentiment as a complex condition characterised by a
thirst for revenge. Moreover, ressentiment has the annoying property of
presenting itself as having some merit: the modern social and political
context offers more than enough examples.
First, the aim of this article is to take a closer look at Nietzsche’s
‘man of ressentiment,’ an odious personality characterised by weakness, deep frustrations, and hypocrisy. It will turn out that ressentiment has
many different shades that paint a somewhat different picture and raise
philosophical questions about positive valuation, vulnerability, and the
sense of injustice.
Second, we shall be working on the link between the psychology of
ressentiment and the temptation to lack integrity in writing, art, or
science. The well-described and well-known fact that academic
fraudsters evolve in disguise, that they first reactively endorse values
very different from their own values, and that these plagiarist authors,
second, embark on long-term projects repeating their misdeeds and
errors, as if it were normal, are two facts worthy of our attention.