Ressentiment (Marquette Studies in Philosophy) - Softcover

Scheler, Max

 
9780874626025: Ressentiment (Marquette Studies in Philosophy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0874626021 ISBN 13: 9780874626025
Publisher: Marquette University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This monograph constitutes a response to the criticisms of Christianity outlined in Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals, in which Nietzsche argues that Christianity is a 'slave revolt' of the weak―an attempt by the impotent to bring down the vitality of the capable nobility. Scheler's response is multi-faceted but centers on Nietzsche's failure to understand the nature of Christian love. Christianity is not a destructive enterprise trying to bring everyone down to the same low level of its impotent faithful, who must put their trust in the next world because they can get nowhere in this one. Rather, it attempts constructively to bring everyone up to a new level of human flourishing. Christianity's preoccupation with the poor, weak, and marginalized stems from a recognition, through divine love, of the miracle of God's creation and infinite possibilities present even in them.

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About the Author

Max Scheler (1874-1928) was a professor of philosophy and sociology at the University of Cologne and was best known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology.

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Publisher
Marquette University Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0874626021
ISBN 13 
9780874626025
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
172