{"product_id":"the-politics-of-the-wretched-9781350422889","title":"The Politics of the Wretched: Race, Reason, and Ressentiment","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\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19 March 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 155 mm; Width 235 mm; Thickness 19 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781350422889\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Zahi Zalloua","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67651201695994,"sku":"9781350422889","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781350422889.jpg?v=1791259429","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-politics-of-the-wretched-9781350422889","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}