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Discusses Arab public opinion on US and Western policies toward conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, in context of Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and war on terrorism.

In the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century, Friedrich Nietzsche formulated, and Max Scheler further developed, the concept of ressentiment. Nietzsche linked this emotion with the rise of Christian morality, while Scheler linked it primarily with the formation of the bourgeois ethos in Western Europe. The present paper endeavors to show similarities and differences between the emotion thus designated and the more commonly recognized emotion of resentment. Moreover, conceptual analysis of these emotions necessarily leads to consideration of the social situations likely to give rise to each, as well as their likely outcomes. This latter discussion strongly suggests a needed modification of Nietzsche's and Scheler's conceptualization of ressentiment.

Howse reviews L'Obsession anti-americaine: Son fonctionnement, ses causes, ses inconsequences (The Anti-American Obsession: How It Operates, Its Causes, and Its Lack of Consequence) by Jean-Francois Revel.

THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE BLAMED (THE WORKING-CLASS IN RUSSIA) WANT TO BLAME BACK: THAT THERE IS IN RUSSIA AN ENORMOUS RESERVIOR OF FREE-FLOATING RESENTMENT THAT IS SEEKING AN OBJECT. THE DISCUSSION OF THE DECEMBER ELECTION HAS MISSED THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS LESS FASCIST POLITICS THAN THE ABSENCE OF ANY GENUINE POLITICS AT ALL. FASCISM YOU CAN FIGHT, BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE POLITICS APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE? ZHIRINOVSKY HAS GIVEN THE DRIFTING RESENTMENTS OF ORDINARY RUSSIANS AN OUTLET. COMMUNISM WAS UNIQUE IN HUMAN HISTORY. IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE AND INHUMANE FOLLOWS IT, THAT SYSTEM WILL BE AS HARD TO RECOGNIZE AND AS HARD TO RESPOND TO, AS FASCISM WAS IN ITS TIME.

A GROWING BODY OF PUBLIC OPINION DATA, NEWSPAPER REPORTS, ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE, AND SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT WHITES FEEL FRUSTRATED AND UNFAIRLY VICTIMIZED BY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PREFERENCES. THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH FRUSTRATION ARE UNCERTAIN, BUT THEY MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO RACIAL POLARIZATION ON MANY CAMPUSES, IN WORKPLACES, AND IN POLITICAL LIFE. WHITE RESPONSES TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION QUOTAS ARE PATTERNED IN PART BY SOCIAL CLASS, UNION MEMBERSHIP, AND EDUCATION LEVEL. A RELATED FACTOR AFFECTING RESPONSE OF WHITES HAS BEEN THEIR INSTITUTIONAL LOCATION. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PREFERENCES HAVE MOST AFFECTED YOUNGER WHITES IN PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATIONS WITH GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. PREFERENCES HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITH INCREASING CANDOR AND AGGRESSIVENESS IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.