Reconsidering Resentment

Resentment typically carries a notorious reputation and is often painted as a negative emotion that impedes communal peace, as it traps its victims in the past. The stigma against resentment, conceptualized broadly as a politicized form of anger, can be attributed to the influence of Nietzsche’s not...

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Main Author: De Guzman, Christianne A.
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.budhi-15272024-11-30T08:12:03Z Reconsidering Resentment De Guzman, Christianne A. Resentment typically carries a notorious reputation and is often painted as a negative emotion that impedes communal peace, as it traps its victims in the past. The stigma against resentment, conceptualized broadly as a politicized form of anger, can be attributed to the influence of Nietzsche’s notion of ressentiment. Nevertheless, certain forms of resentment are acknowledged by philosophers as valid reactions to legitimate moral infractions. Resentment, they argue, is intrinsically tied to one’s notion of self-respect and moral values. While standard accounts of resentment may be theoretically cogent when applied to singular and individual issues, they are not conceptually adequate to apply to the complexities of collective and structural problems. Focusing on colonial resentment, I argue that resentment ought not to be vilified insofar as it can be a pivotal and instrumentally valuable tool for marginalized people to engage in what Coulthard calls “self-affirmative praxis.” Resentment, as a dual expression of love for oneself and for the other, not only helps colonized subjects avoid the internalization of hatred and violence, but it also helps them detect and aim to fix injustices, as resentment has vital information about justice, fairness, and boundaries. 2024-11-30T08:20:31Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/budhi/vol26/iss1/3 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/budhi/article/1527/viewcontent/Budhi_2026.1_203_20Article_20__20De_20Guzman.pdf Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture Archīum Ateneo Resentment anger anticolonial thought political philosophy Fanon
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topic Resentment
anger
anticolonial thought
political philosophy
Fanon
spellingShingle Resentment
anger
anticolonial thought
political philosophy
Fanon
De Guzman, Christianne A.
Reconsidering Resentment
description Resentment typically carries a notorious reputation and is often painted as a negative emotion that impedes communal peace, as it traps its victims in the past. The stigma against resentment, conceptualized broadly as a politicized form of anger, can be attributed to the influence of Nietzsche’s notion of ressentiment. Nevertheless, certain forms of resentment are acknowledged by philosophers as valid reactions to legitimate moral infractions. Resentment, they argue, is intrinsically tied to one’s notion of self-respect and moral values. While standard accounts of resentment may be theoretically cogent when applied to singular and individual issues, they are not conceptually adequate to apply to the complexities of collective and structural problems. Focusing on colonial resentment, I argue that resentment ought not to be vilified insofar as it can be a pivotal and instrumentally valuable tool for marginalized people to engage in what Coulthard calls “self-affirmative praxis.” Resentment, as a dual expression of love for oneself and for the other, not only helps colonized subjects avoid the internalization of hatred and violence, but it also helps them detect and aim to fix injustices, as resentment has vital information about justice, fairness, and boundaries.
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publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2024
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/budhi/vol26/iss1/3
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/budhi/article/1527/viewcontent/Budhi_2026.1_203_20Article_20__20De_20Guzman.pdf
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