Ressentiment

In the aftermath of World War II, a change in the theatre took place. Due to the recent war and colonization, the public began to “question authority, challenge precedent, and debunk mythologies associated with power and prestige.” This revolution was deemed “postmodernism” because people started questioning the objectiveness of modern history and artist began exploring ideas outside of the classical form. This ‘postmodernism’ is evident in the world of theatre because playwrights began to…

Section A. #1: Marx refers to human nature as "Gattungswesen", or "species-being", which means that humans are capable of making or shaping their own nature, at least to some extent. Essentially, because marx doesn't refer to "human nature" as such, he uses the term "species-being". This is mainly due to Marx's theory that the fundamental "nature" of human-beings is there drive to create and express themselves in and through nature. This is why alienation is a major theme and problem in Marx's…

Slave morality is the morality exemplified by Judaism and Christianity. Moreover,Nietzsche thinks that slave morality is motivated primarily by ‘ resentment’.“The slave revolt in morals begins “Nietzsche write “when ressentiment itself becomes creative and ordains values: the ressentiment of creatures to whom the real reaction, that of the deed, is denied and who find compensation in an imaginary…

masters were considered good, powerful, and wealthy, while the slaves were considered bad, weak, and poor. Overtime, morality shifted and the masters were considered evil and the slaves were considered good. This transition occurred because of ressentiment, in other words, the idea that one’s identity is dependent upon others, in particular one’s hatred of what they are not. The slaves identified through hatred and would rather blame others for their problems instead of fixing it themselves. The…

The non-philosophical stimulus under examination is The Sandlot(1993), specifically the scene where one of the main characters, Smalls, decided to remove his stepfather's’ special baseball from his den. Smalls does this because his friends are in desperate need for a ball in order to continue their summer of fun. When searching for spare change in his house, he comes to the den and sees what looks to be a great opportunity to take. The heart of the movie relies on the moral aspect of one’s…

person maximizes their feeling of power through their own means. For Nietzsche power is the feeling that resistance has been overcome, breaking free of the limits of morality. “For an ascetic life is a contradiction in terms: a particular kind of ressentiment rules there, that of an unsatisfied instinct and will to power which seeks not to master some isolated aspect of life but rather life itself, its deepest, strongest, most fundamental conditions…” (97, Nietzsche). As Nietzsche’s main…

While discussing a question in the blue book about somethings Darwin might has not included in his book, I told my group my opinion on how his thoughts and writing may have dismissed the Eastern culture. He may not have the knowledge or culture background that could have helped him write a better-rounded book instead of something that is so Western focused. However, although his book is limited to Western ideologies, his theory changed the entire world’s think on evolution. The comment on how…

It is well known that Deleuze had a negative opinion about comparative philosophy. In his eyes, comparative philosophy represented a certain type of ressentiment and a perverse satisfaction in exposing the contradictions of the other thinker; his method was monographic. 1 Adorno, on the other hand, was opposed to a notion of a Lebensphilosophie in general, holding that any attempt to ground philosophy on a notion of lived experience was nothing but blind self-assertion.2 Undermining the spirit…

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche remains very misunderstood because of his mental condition and his writings. Even the translation from German to other languages (English, French, or Spanish) creates difficulties because Nietzsche meaning is complex. He was influenced many authors, thinkers, and philosophers like Arthur Schopenhauer, Immanuel Kant, and Voltaire. His ethics came at a time where Germany was an influence on the world, but not a superpower and Judeo-Christian morals were…

Nietzsche states that the Slave revolt of morality begins with ressentiment. Which is just what the little lambs have towards the birds of prey, Resentment. The Little lambs question the morality of the birds of prey and claim them not only evil in nature but evil just for their actions towards the little lambs. The little…