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Political Enthusiasm - Partisan Feeling and Democracy's Enchantments (Hardcover)
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Political Enthusiasm - Partisan Feeling and Democracy's Enchantments (Hardcover)
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Enthusiasm has long been perceived as a fundamental danger to
democratic politics, with many regarding it as a source of
instability and irrationalism. Such views can make enthusiasm
appear as a direct threat to the reason and order on which
democracy is thought to rely. But such a desire for a sober and
moderate democratic politics is perilously misleading and ignores
the emotional basis on which democracy thrives. Enthusiasm in
democracy works to help political actors identify and foster
radical changes. We feel enthusiasm at precisely those moments of
new beginnings, when politics takes on new shapes and structures.
Being clear about how we experience enthusiasm, and how we
recognize it, is thus crucial for democracy, which depends on the
sharing of power and the alteration of rule. This book traces the
shifting understanding of enthusiasm in modern Western political
thought. Poe explores how political actors use enthusiasm to
motivate allegiances, how we have come to think on the dangers of
enthusiasm in democratic politics, and how else we might think
about enthusiasm today. From its inception, democracy has relied on
a constant affective energy of renewal. By tracing the way this
crucial emotional energy is made manifest in political actions -
from ancient times to the present - this book sheds light on the
way enthusiasm has been understood by political scientists,
philosophers, and political activists, as well as its implications
for future democratic politics. -- .
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