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Book SynopsisOrganized around five key themes, this title offers a survey of the affective turn in contemporary political science. It reflects the affective turn in the analysis of political world. It intends to advance the debate on the relation between politics and the emotions.
Trade Review[
Politics and the Emotions] covers a wide terrain ... [The book] successfully questions the axiom that reasoned argument leads to good policymaking. -- Julie Stephens * Australian Review of Public Affairs *
A wide-ranging and interdisciplinary set of explorations of the emotional aspects of politics that begins to redress the neglect of this important topic. -- Anna Yeatman, Whitlam Institute, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Table of ContentsList of Contributors; 1. Introduction; Paul Hoggett and Simon Thompson; Part I. Emotion, Antagonism and Deliberation; 2. Passionate Participation: Emotional Experiences and Expressions in Deliberative Forums; Marion Barnes; 3. Deliberative Rituals: Emotional Energy and Enthusiasm in Debating Landscape Renewal; Bas van Stokkom; Part II. Politics and Fear; 4. The Liberalism of Fear and the Desire for Peace; Michael Northcott; 5. Mobilizing Fear: U.S. Politics Before and After 9/11; Scott Lucas; Part III. The Affective Dimension of Political Mobilization; 6. Political Despair; Deborah B. Gould; 7. "Building on a Firm Foundation of Tolerance and Love?" Emotional Reflexivity in Feminist Political Processes; Mary Holmes; Part IV. The Politics of Reparation; 8. The Apology in Politics; Michael Cunningham; 9. Peace-Building in Sierra Leone: The Emotional Dimension; Steven Kaindaneh and Andrew Rigby; Part V. Politics and the Triumph of the Therapeutic; 10. The Therapeutic Fantasy: Self-Love and Quick Wins; Tim Dartington; 11. The Slippery Slope and the Emancipation of Emotions; Cas Wouters.
