In my new blog post for the @lseblogs.bsky.social, I explore whether exhaustion with rapid societal change is linked to something more unsettling: ressentiment - a bitterness that seeps into social life. Evidence from Germany connects it to right-wing populism. blogs.lse.ac.uk/researchings...
What studying ressentiment tells us about bitterness and politics in times of change - Researching Sociology @ LSE
Katja Schmidt investigates the emotional cost of rapid societal change, highlighting the delicate boundary between fatigue, frustration, and hostility in contemporary politics. Drawing on original sur...
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