The psychological component of postmodern criticism—the emotional motivations behind deconstruction—can be illuminated using Nietzsche's concept of ressentiment, which is more curdled, bitter, seething, and poisoned than the English word 'resentment' captures.
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Unidentified Speaker — Stephen Hicks: Nietzsche Perfectly Forecasts the Postmodern… [KbA9ALOrHaA]Evidence Quote
“for me what is most Illuminating is n's concept of rantal rantal in the French is close to the English resentment but it's got kind of a more curdled bitterness it's more seething and poison pooned and bottled up for a long time”
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