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Feminism and Resentment
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Feminism and Resentment
Discusses the history and evolution of the women's movement and its changing attitude toward men, power relations, traditional family and social roles.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
5 sources |
1995
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"The women's liberation movement is a ressentiment movement, following the definition of ressentiment offered by Nietzsche and analyzed by Scheler. The word ressentiment translates as "resentment," and within it is subsumed the concept of power relations in a social setting, with one group having ascendancy over another, producing a long-term feeling of resentment that builds until it is expressed through revolutionary change. Nietzsche in his Genealogy of Morals analyzes the history of moral structures and indicates that this history presents a series of conflicts between two different moral attitudes. He identifies the one as the attitude of Rome, the attitude of power and of those who have power, and the other as the attitude of Judea, the attitude of the downtrodden, the attitude of the masses. The masses do not have political power, but they are ..."More papers on Feminism and Resentment:
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Feminism and Resentment (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Feminism-and-Resentment/22041
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"Feminism and Resentment" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Feminism-and-Resentment/22041>
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