Here Lies Bitterness: Healing from Resentment (Fleury Cynthia)(Paperback)

Political philosophy and psychoanalysis have one key problem in common, one which affects both the life of individuals and the life of societies: a bitter unhappiness which poisons their existence. When we experience feelings of inferiority in relation to others, resentment can set in: a diffuse and obsessive loathing, coupled with delusions of victimhood, which clouds one's judgement and perspective, so that an individual's capacity to act and heal is paralysed. Without the ability to heal, resentment can give rise to violent impulses, to the rejection of the rule of law, the proliferation of conspiracy theories and the urge to use violent means to try to regain control of one's life. Resentment, argues Cynthia Fleury, is the disease most likely to endanger modern democracy. By presenting resentment as a key threat to modern democracy, Fleury re-focuses democratic theory on
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