G. P. Xavier | Update: Hamlet's Ressentiment, Gladiator Story, What I'm Thinking About, Thank You for Subscribers @gpxavier | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 minutes ago.
This is an update to let you know about a couple of pieces I recently published on my writing blog:
The Gladiator (short story):
gpxavier.writeas.com/the-gladiator
Hamlet's Ressentiment (article/essay):
gpxavier.writeas.com/hamlets-ressentiment
Both concern the issue of 'ressentiment' or resentment, which is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. In particular, I've been wondering: how can we live positively, without resentment—and what worldviews help or hinder this?
The Gladiator story illustrates the clash between the old Roman worldview centered on power and glory with the new Christian worldview centered on humility and self-giving love. It tells the tale of two men sentenced to fight in the Colosseum—men who are very different, yet also the same.
The essay is about Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The riddle of Hamlet is: why does he take so long to avenge his father? I argue that Hamlet is motivated a particular kind of resentment, which does with words what he cannot do with deeds. However, with Nietzsche, I also argue that he has a genuine insight into the terrible heart of being. While he might have taken from that a joyous affirmation of life, his resentment warps it into something nihilistic and paralyzing.
Finally, as I just hit 100 subscribers, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has subscribed to my channel!
In the future I hope to do more interviews, as well as videos on Max Scheler's later thought and Nietzsche's book Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
Please feel free to engage!
0:00 The problem of ressentiment (resentment)
1:21 Nietzsche vs. Christianity
2:24 Scheler's positive view of Christianity
3:12 The Gladiator (short story)
3:46 Hamlet's Ressentiment (essay)
4:19 'Literary ressentiment'
4:49 Hamlet as Dionysian man
5:34 Against René Girard
6:37 Thank you for subscribers
6:57 Future directions for channel
This is an update to let you know about a couple of pieces I recently published on my writing blog:
The Gladiator (short story):
gpxavier.writeas.com/the-gladiator
Hamlet's Ressentiment (article/essay):
gpxavier.writeas.com/hamlets-ressentiment
Both concern the issue of 'ressentiment' or resentment, which is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. In particular, I've been wondering: how can we live positively, without resentment—and what worldviews help or hinder this?
The Gladiator story illustrates the clash between the old Roman worldview centered on power and glory with the new Christian worldview centered on humility and self-giving love. It tells the tale of two men sentenced to fight in the Colosseum—men who are very different, yet also the same.
The essay is about Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The riddle of Hamlet is: why does he take so long to avenge his father? I argue that Hamlet is motivated a particular kind of resentment, which does with words what he cannot do with deeds. However, with Nietzsche, I also argue that he has a genuine insight into the terrible heart of being. While he might have taken from that a joyous affirmation of life, his resentment warps it into something nihilistic and paralyzing.
Finally, as I just hit 100 subscribers, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has subscribed to my channel!
In the future I hope to do more interviews, as well as videos on Max Scheler's later thought and Nietzsche's book Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
Please feel free to engage!
0:00 The problem of ressentiment (resentment)
1:21 Nietzsche vs. Christianity
2:24 Scheler's positive view of Christianity
3:12 The Gladiator (short story)
3:46 Hamlet's Ressentiment (essay)
4:19 'Literary ressentiment'
4:49 Hamlet as Dionysian man
5:34 Against René Girard
6:37 Thank you for subscribers
6:57 Future directions for channel
