The Cultural Politics of Emotion
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The Cultural Politics of Emotion

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Cultural Politics of Emotion

About this book

Emotions work to define who we are as well as shape what we do and this is no more powerfully at play than in the world of politics. Ahmed considers how emotions keep us invested in relationships of power, and also shows how this use of emotion could be crucial to areas such as feminist and queer politics.

Debates on international terrorism, asylum and migration, as well as reconciliation and reparation, are explored through topical case studies. In this book the difficult issues are confronted head on.

The Cultural Politics of Emotion is in dialogue with recent literature on emotions within gender studies, cultural studies, sociology, psychology and philosophy. Throughout the book, Ahmed develops a theory of how emotions work, and the effects they have on our day-to-day lives.

New for this edition

  • A substantial 15,000-word Afterword on 'Emotions and Their Objects' which provides an original contribution to the burgeoning field of affect studies
  • A revised Bibliography
  • Updated throughout.

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Information

Publisher
EUP
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9780748691142
Edition
2

Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction: Feel Your Way
  6. 1 The Contingency of Pain
  7. 2 The Organisation of Hate
  8. 3 The Affective Politics of Fear
  9. 4 The Performativity of Disgust
  10. 5 Shame Before Others
  11. 6 In the Name of Love
  12. 7 Queer Feelings
  13. 8 Feminist Attachments
  14. Conclusion: Just Emotions
  15. Afterword: Emotions and Their Objects
  16. References
  17. Index