From Pain to Power: A Socio-Psychological Investigation of Anti-Racist Feminist Ressentiment

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dc.contributor.advisorWalsh, Philip D.
dc.creatorAmarshi, Aliya
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-21T13:46:14Z
dc.date.available2018-11-21T13:46:14Z
dc.date.copyright2018-07-16
dc.date.issued2018-11-21
dc.date.updated2018-11-21T13:46:14Z
dc.degree.disciplineSociology
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, identity-based movements have increasingly been criticized by outsiders for espousing a culture of outrage both in terms of their academic expressions and activist mobilizations. In the present study, I examine this charge from within the struggle by advancing a self-reflexive socio-psychological investigation into certain emotional responses, attitudes, and practices that have, in significant ways, come to define this type of political agitation. Specifically, I focus my analysis on anti-racist feminism given my personal ties and investment in this movement. Following Wendy Brown, I investigate whether anti-racist feminism suffers from the Nietzschean affliction of ressentiment, and if so, what can be done to reorient the movement towards a more affirmative and humanist future. I address this latter objective through the work of Erich Fromm who I argue provides us with insights that are especially pertinent to our current problem, and which, when developed further with the aid of anti-racist interventions, can offer a fruitful means to moving forward.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35517
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.subject.keywordsAnti-racist feminism
dc.subject.keywordsFeminism
dc.subject.keywordsIdentity politics
dc.subject.keywordsCulture of outrage
dc.subject.keywordsCall-out culture
dc.subject.keywordsCalling out
dc.subject.keywordsRessentiment
dc.subject.keywordsResentment
dc.subject.keywordsHumanism
dc.subject.keywordsAnti-racist humanism
dc.subject.keywordsSocial movements
dc.subject.keywordsSocial movement theory
dc.subject.keywordsMindfulness
dc.subject.keywordsCompassionate activism
dc.subject.keywordsSpiritual activism
dc.subject.keywordsErich Fromm
dc.subject.keywordsFrankfurt School
dc.subject.keywordsWendy Brown
dc.subject.keywordsJames Baldwin
dc.subject.keywordsSocial psychology
dc.subject.keywordsFriedrich Nietzsche
dc.subject.keywordsEmancipatory social movements
dc.subject.keywordsPolitical emotions
dc.subject.keywordsEmotion
dc.subject.keywordsPositive freedom
dc.subject.keywordsFuturity
dc.subject.keywordsAlternative politics
dc.titleFrom Pain to Power: A Socio-Psychological Investigation of Anti-Racist Feminist Ressentiment
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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