Emotions in Politics

Prompted by the 'affective turn' within the entire spectrum of the social sciences, this books brings together the twin disciplines of political psychology and the political sociology of emotions to explore the complex relationship between politics and emotion at both the mass and individual level with special focus on cases of political tension.

Auteur
Jack Barbalet, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Tereza Capelos, University of Surrey, UK Bettina Davou, University of Athens, Greece Nicolas Demertzis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Jonathan G. Heaney, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Bert Klandermans, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands George Marcus, Williams College, USA Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University, USA Barry Richard, Bournemouth University, UK Steven Saxonberg, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Thomas Scheff is, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Dennis Smith, Loughborough University, UK Jacquelien van Stekelenburg is, VU-University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dunya van Troost, VU-University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Contenu
Introduction; Nicolas Demertzis 1. The Theory of Affective Intelligence and Liberal Politics; George E. Marcus 2. Understanding Anxiety and Aversion: The Origins and Consequences of Affectivity in Political Campaigns; Tereza Capelos 3. Inside Stories: Oscar Wilde, Jean Améry, Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi; Dennis Smith 4. Repression of Emotion: A Danger to Modern Societies?; Thomas Scheff 5. Feeling the Greek Financial Crisis; Bettina Davou and Nicolas Demertzis 6. Extremem Nationalism and the Hatred of the Liberal State; Barry Richards 7. Trauma and the Politics of Fear: Europe at the Crossroads; Catarina Kinnvall 8. Collective Fear and Societal Change; Jack Barbalet and Nicolas Demertzis 9. Emotions of Protest; Dunya van Troost, Jacquelin van Stekelenberg and Bert Klandermans 10. Revolutionary Potential under Soviet-Type Regimes: The Role of Emotions in Explaining Transitions and Non-Transitions; Steven Saxonberg 11. Affects in the Arab Uprisings; Wendy Pearlman 12. Emotions and Nationalism: A Reappraisal; Jonathan Heaney Conclusion; Nicolas Demertzis