THE TOXIC REIGNS OF RESENTMENT
DOCUMENTARY | 52 MIN. | 2019
A brilliant moral and psychological analysis.
An interview film on the emotion of resentment and how it defines culture and politics today. Featuring: Wendy Brown, Grayson Hunt, Rahel Jaeggi, Alexander Nehamas, Robert Pfaller, Gyan Prakash, Peter Sloterdijk, and Sjoerd van Tuinen.
The revival of nationalism paired with xenophobia, an increasing tribalization of politics, and a public sphere oscillating between cruelty and sentimentality mark significant parts of our current political Zeitgeist. Politicians, scholars and journalists alike speak of a culture of resentment that defines politics today. How did we enter such a toxic climate? Are these developments a response to the ubiquity of neoliberal market structures eroding the basic solidarities in our society? Has the spread of social media triggered a culture of trolling and hyper moralization? And has the left given in to forms of politics where moralization and cynical mockery outdo collective visions of the future? This documentary film introduces and critically discusses concepts of resentment and their relation to our current political juncture.
The film premiered October 18th, 2019 at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Yale and the New School in New York.
The Toxic Reigns of Resentment is a compelling demonstration of what public philosophy can be.
Credits
Directed and produced by
Jürgen Schaflechner
Tim van den Hoff
Associate producer
Sjoerd van Tuinen
Camera
Ruben Hamelink
Steadicam operator
Jasper van Gheluwe
Focus puller
Lidewei Egbers
Additional camera
Matthew Koshmrl
Sound mix
Bob Kommer Studio’s
Jeroen Nadorp
Grading
Ruben Hamelink
Choreography
Marleen Hendrickx
Original Music
Smudged Toads
Additional Music
Amenra
Developed by
Jürgen Schaflechner
In co-production with:
