Drawing upon a wide variety of authors, approaches, and ideological contexts, this book offers a comprehensive and detailed critique of the distinct and polemical senses in which the concept of ressentiment (and its cognate 'resentment') is used today.

Sjoerd van Tuinen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Driven by affinities across the arts and humanities, he publishes on critical theory, metaphysics, aesthetics, and the history of philosophy.

Introduction 1. The Resentment-Ressentiment Complex 2. What is Ressentiment? 3. The Priest 4. The Physician 5. The Witness 6. The Diplomat