The Politics of Affective Societies – An Interdisciplinary Essay: An Interdisciplinary Essay (Emotionskulturen / Emotioncultures)

by Aletta Diefenbach, Antje Kahl, Dina Wahba, Friederike Oberkrome, Gabriel Scheidecker, Gerhard Thonhauser, Hans Roth, Hauke Lehmann, Jonas Bens, and M Ragip Zik

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Many claim that political deliberation has become exceedingly affective, and hence, destabilizing. The authors of this book revisit that assumption. While recognizing that significant changes are occurring, these authors also point out the limitations of turning to contemporary democratic theory to understand and unpack these shifts. They propose, instead, to reframe this debate by deploying the analytic framework of affective societies, which highlights how affect and emotion are present in all aspects of the social. What changes over time and place are the modes and calibrations of affective and emotional registers. With this line of thinking, the authors are able to gesture towards a new outline of the political.
  • ISBN10 3837647625
  • ISBN13 9783837647624
  • Publish Date 8 December 2021 (first published 9 October 2020)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Transcript Verlag
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 200
  • Language English