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Grievance Politics: An Empirical Analysis of Anger Through the Emotional Mechanism of Ressentiment
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Abstract In this article, we undertake an empirical examination of the psychology of what is often called “the angry citizen,” highlighting ressentiment as an important emotional mechanism of grievance politics. Contrary to the short‐lived, action‐prone emotion of anger proper, ressentiment transmutes the in... mehr
In this article, we undertake an empirical examination of the psychology of what is often called “the angry citizen,” highlighting ressentiment as an important emotional mechanism of grievance politics. Contrary to the short‐lived, action‐prone emotion of anger proper, ressentiment transmutes the inputs of grievance politics like deprivation of opportunity, injustice, shame, humiliation, envy, and inefficacious anger, into the anti‐social outputs of morally righteous indignation, destructive anger, hatred, and rage. Our empirical probe uses qualitative and quantitative analysis of 164 excerpts from interviews with US “angry citizens” from the following works: Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right (2016) by Arlie Russell Hochschild, Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era (2017) by Michael Kimmel, and Stiffed: The Roots of Modern Male Rage (2019) by Susan Faludi. In these seemingly “angry” excerpts, we find markers matching the psychological footprint of ressentiment instead of anger proper: victimhood, envy, powerlessness; the defenses of splitting, projection, and denial; and preference for inaction, anti‐preferences, and low efficacy. We conclude on the significance of the distinction between anger proper and ressentiment for understanding the psychology of grievance politics.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
USA; Ärger; politische Psychologie; Philosophie; Emotionalität
Klassifikation
Sozialpsychologie
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
angry citizen; emotional mechanism; grievance; resentment; ressentiment
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 384-395
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 10 (2022) 4
Heftthema
Negative Politics: Leader Personality, Negative Campaigning, and the Oppositional Dynamics of Contemporary Politics
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)