{"product_id":"9781350422889","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW The Politics of the Wretched : Race, Reason, and Ressentiment by Zahi Zalloua","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 19\/03\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Politics of the Wretched argues for ressentiment's generative negativity, prompting a shift from ressentiment as a personal expression of frustration to ressentiment as a collective \"No\". Inspired by Kant and Nietzsche's philosophy, Zalloua identifies two modes of deploying ressentiment - private and public use - by substituting ressentiment for reason. This reinterpretation argues for a public use of ressentiment, for the wretched to universalize their grievances, to see their antagonism as cutting across societies, and to turn personal trauma into a common cause.    A public use of ressentiment rails against the ideology of identity and victimhood and insists on ressentiment's generative negativity, its own rationality, prompting a shift from ressentiment as a personal expression of frustration to ressentiment as a collective \"No\". Reframing ressentiment 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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368692363637,"sku":"9781350422889","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350422889.jpg?v=1763550474","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781350422889","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}