In this podcast I consider Nietzsche's accounts of promise-making, bad conscience, ressentiment, the mnemo-technics of pain and the rise of Christianity understood as the spiritual revenge of slaves as outlined in On the Genealogy of Morals [1886]. I offer a riposte to Judith Butler's objection to Nietzsche's account of the development of a continuous will which seems to be in contradiction to Nietzsche's account of language as a 'moving army of metaphors'. [Butler, 1997 - The Psychic Life of Power.] From there, I move on to consider how the concept of ressentiment can be utilised to understand the current populism in conjuction with the notion of ideology. To the Freudian-Marxists question 'Why do slaves aquiesece in their slavery?', the Nietzschean might answer, 'They don't always. Sometimes they seek subterranean means of revenge in order to experience the intoxication of exerting their will to power over others.' [Free. 39 minutes.]
LAO TZU 39
REMARKS ON FREUD PART 1 - THE UNCONSCIOUS
QUESTIONING QUESTIONING
EL-SALVADOR TAKES HISTORIC STEP - INTERESTING TIMES 37
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TORY DESTRUCTIVE NIHILISM - INTERESTING TIMES 36
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CUMMINGS SPILLS THE BEANS - INTERESTING TIMES 35
ON PALESTINE - INTERESTING TIMES 34
JERSEY & FISH - INTERESTING TIMES 33
DEMOCRACY FOR SALE - BOOK REVIEW
CURTAINS FOR JOHNSON? - INTERESTING TIMES 32
LAO TZU 36
THE COLD WAR WITH CHINA - INTERESTING TIMES 31
VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN IRELAND - INTERESTING TIMES 30
CAN THE LABOUR PARTY SAVE THE WORLD? - INTERESTING TIMES 29
LAO TZU 35
KILL THE BILL PROTESTS & WHAT THEY EXPOSE - INTERESTING TIMES 28
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PEACEFUL PROTEST TO BE ILLEGAL? - INTERESTING TIMES 27
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