Affective communities in world politics : collective emotions after trauma / Emma Hutchison, the University of Queensland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutchison, Emma, 1980- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 140.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 140

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political psychology.

Emotions--Political aspects.

Emotions.

Psychic trauma--Political aspects.

Psychic trauma.

Group identity--Political aspects.

Group identity.

International relations--Psychological aspects.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xviii, 350 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Emotions underpin how political communities are formed and function. Nowhere is this more pronounced than in times of trauma. The emotions associated with suffering caused by war, terrorism, natural disasters, famine and poverty can play a pivotal role in shaping communities and orientating their politics. This book investigates how 'affective communities' emerge after trauma. Drawing on several case studies and an unusually broad set of interdisciplinary sources, it examines the role played by representations, from media images to historical narratives and political speeches. Representations of traumatic events are crucial because they generate socially embedded emotional meanings which, in turn, enable direct victims and distant witnesses to share the injury, as well as the associated loss, in a manner that affirms a particular notion of collective identity. While ensuing political orders often re-establish old patterns, traumatic events can also generate new 'emotional cultures' that genuinely transform national and transnational communities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

pt. I. Conceptual framework. 1. Trauma and political community ; 2. Theorizing political emotions ; 3. Representing trauma and collectivizing emotions ; Part II. The emotional constitution of political community. 4. Emotions and national community ; 5. Emotions and transnational community ; 6. Trauma, grief and political transformation

Conclusion: Affective communities and emotional cultures in international relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107095014

1107095018

OCLC:

930258185

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