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Mixed emotions : beyond fear and hatred in international conflict / Andrew A.G. Ross.
LIBRA JZ1249 .R67 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Andrew A. G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emotions--Political aspects.
- Emotions.
- International relations--Psychological aspects.
- International relations.
- World politics--Psychological aspects.
- World politics.
- Terrorism--Public opinion--Psychological aspects.
- Terrorism.
- Ethnic conflict--Public opinion--Psychological aspects.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Public opinion.
- Psychological aspects.
- Terrorism--Public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- x, 216 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that emotion plays a central role in global politics. For example, people readily care about acts of terrorism and humanitarian crises because they appeal to our compassion for human suffering. These struggles also command attention where social interactions have the power to produce or intensify the emotional responses of those who participate in them. From passionate protests to poignant speeches, Andrew A. G. Ross analyzes high-emotion events with an eye to how they shape public perception and finds that there is no single answer. The politically powerful play to the public's emotions to advance their political aims, and such appeals to emotion often serve to sustain existing values and institutions. But the affective dimension can also produce profound change, particularly when struggles in the present line up with emotionally resonant events from the past. Extending his findings to well-studied conflicts, including the "war on terror" and the violence in Rwanda and the Balkans, Ross identifies important sites of emotional impact missed by earlier research focused on identities and institutional interests. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Circulations of affect in global politics
- Contagion and the creativity of affect
- The affective politics of terror
- Emotions and ethnic conflict
- Justice beyond hatred
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226077390
- 022607739X
- 9780226077420
- 022607742X
- OCLC:
- 830992618
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