Cynthia Fleury

Gebundenes Buch

Here Lies Bitterness

Healing from Resentment

Übersetzung: Stockwell, Cory

Beschreibung

The greatest threat to modern democracy comes from within and it has a name: resentment. Stemming from feelings of inferiority in relation to others, resentment is a diffuse and obsessive loathing, coupled with delusions of victimhood, which clouds one's judgment and perspective, so that an individual's capacity to act and heal is paralyzed. Without the ability to heal, resentment can give rise to violent impulses, to the rejection of the rule of law, the proliferation of conspiracy theories, and the urge to use violent means to try to regain control of one's life.

As individuals and as societies, we face the same challenge: how to diagnose resentment and its dark forces, and how to resist the temptation to allow it to become the motor of our individual and collective histories.

This bestselling and highly original account of the psychic forces shaping modern societies will be of great interest to anyone concerned about the crisis of democracy today and what we can do to address it.

Autor

Cynthia Fleury is a philosopher and psychoanalyst who holds the Chair of Humanities and Health at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity / Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A509551030
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781509551033
• ISBN-10: 1509551034
• Artikelnr.: 63761150

Rezensionen

"Fleury's theorization of resentment is powerfully informed by philosophy, psychoanalysis, and political theory, and at the same time forges its own original and compelling account of self-destructive modes of existence. In this beautifully written meditation on resentment, Fleury opens up new ways of thinking about a subject's capacity to become a trapped, incapacitated, and bitter victim of its own ruminations. The implications of this book are profound and manifold."
Claire Colebrook, Pennsylvania State University

"In view of the political crises that spare no region of the world today, we can no longer ignore that democracy is mortal and very sick: too often we see the sacred right to vote turned against democratic values. It is essential to understand why, and what is to be done. That is why it is urgent to dive into this book's luminous demonstration that the disease has a name - resentment - and to explore the philosophical and psychoanalytical paths toward healing that its author opens up."
Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Columbia University

"[P]rovides both academics and clinical therapists with a comprehensive paradigm of resentment as a dysfunctional state of mind."
Emotions and Society