Emotions in Politics The Affect Dimension in Political Tension

by Demertzis, Nicolas

• ISBN13: 9781137025654
• ISBN10: 1137025654
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-10-31
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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. A role call of contributors from across the world and at the forefront of academic research in both disciplines combine the historical, cultural and socio-psychological conceptualizations of the political sociology of emotions with the study of opinion-making and electoral choice that characterises political psychology which previous studies have considered in isolation. The result is a compelling collection that sheds new light on the role of emotion in politics through analysis that covers both the micro and macro levels and as such is important reading for students and scholars of both political psychology and the sociology of emotions.

Author Biography

Nicolas Demertzis is Professor at the University of Athens, Greece. He is founding member of the Research Network of the Sociology of Emotions at the ESA. His research interests focus on political sociology, political communication, and the sociology of emotions.

Table of Contents

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