National Socialism as a Doctrine of Rancour (1937)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7417874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Menno Ter Braak (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 105-120 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263276418806568 |
| OpenAlex | W2901016354 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This essay by the Dutch modernist writer Menno ter Braak, ‘National Socialism as a Doctrine of Rancour’, was written in 1937 just before the German annexation of the Netherlands. It is a rare examination of how the concept ressentiment can be used to analyse 1930s National Socialism, outlining the ways in which the fascist variant of ressentiment is both distinctive and also, nonetheless, connected to its democratic and socialist versions. The essay develops Nietzsche’s and Scheler’s understandings of ressentiment by applying them to fascism, insisting on the centrality of the moral sentiment of ressentiment not just to populism but to all forms of democracy, and to any philosophical or political orientation committed to an ideal of equality, indeed to all of modern society, culture and politics
Communism · Democracy · Doctrine · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Populism · Socialism · Sociology · Law · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |