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With the rise of both populist parties and social movements in
Europe, the role of emotions in politics has once again become key
to political debates, and particularly in the Spanish case. Since
2011, the Spanish political landscape has been redrawn. What
started as the Indignados movement has now transformed into the
party Podemos, which claims to address important deficits in
popular representation. By creating space for emotions, the
movement and the party have made this a key feature of their
political subjectivity. Emotions and affect, however, are often
viewed as either purely instrumental to political goals or
completely detached from 'real' politics. This book argues that the
hierarchy between the rational and the emotional works to sediment
exclusionary practices in politics, deeming some forms of political
expressions more worthy than others. Using radical theories of
democracy, Emmy Eklundh masterfully tackles this problem and
constructs an analytical framework based on the concept of visceral
ties, which sees emotions and affect as constitutive of any
collective identity. She later demonstrates empirically, using both
ethnographic method and social media analysis, how the movement
Indignados is different from the political party Podemos with
regards to emotions and affect, but that both are suffering from a
broader devaluation of emotional expressions in political life.
Bridging social and political theory, Emotions, Protest, Democracy:
Collective Identities in Contemporary Spain provides one of the few
in-depth accounts of the transition from the movement Indignados to
party Podemos, and the role of emotions in contemporary Spanish and
European politics.
With the rise of both populist parties and social movements in
Europe, the role of emotions in politics has once again become key
to political debates, and particularly in the Spanish case. Since
2011, the Spanish political landscape has been redrawn. What
started as the Indignados movement has now transformed into the
party Podemos, which claims to address important deficits in
popular representation. By creating space for emotions, the
movement and the party have made this a key feature of their
political subjectivity. Emotions and affect, however, are often
viewed as either purely instrumental to political goals or
completely detached from 'real' politics. This book argues that the
hierarchy between the rational and the emotional works to sediment
exclusionary practices in politics, deeming some forms of political
expressions more worthy than others. Using radical theories of
democracy, Emmy Eklundh masterfully tackles this problem and
constructs an analytical framework based on the concept of visceral
ties, which sees emotions and affect as constitutive of any
collective identity. She later demonstrates empirically, using both
ethnographic method and social media analysis, how the movement
Indignados is different from the political party Podemos with
regards to emotions and affect, but that both are suffering from a
broader devaluation of emotional expressions in political life.
Bridging social and political theory, Emotions, Protest, Democracy:
Collective Identities in Contemporary Spain provides one of the few
in-depth accounts of the transition from the movement Indignados to
party Podemos, and the role of emotions in contemporary Spanish and
European politics.
This volume brings together a range of scholars dissatisfied with
the mainstream of the populism debate. It intends to bring forward
a perspective which envisions populism not simply as a negative
aspect of politics, but as a way of doing politics. Contemporary
politics has been characterised by the overarching presence of
populism, while simultaneously engendering a sense of fear and
extremism around the results of populist movements. This collection
intends to unpack the true potential for movements from and by the
people, linking these historically and offering a new lens for
thinking about contemporary populism. What can we learn from recent
events? How can these lessons inform how we think about politics
for the future? Offering this approach, from the perspective of
populist potential, will help us answer these questions and open
the debate with contributors from countries or regions that have a
tradition of populism, privileging them with a deeper
understanding.
This volume brings together a range of scholars dissatisfied with
the mainstream of the populism debate. It intends to bring forward
a perspective which envisions populism not simply as a negative
aspect of politics, but as a way of doing politics. Contemporary
politics has been characterised by the overarching presence of
populism, while simultaneously engendering a sense of fear and
extremism around the results of populist movements. This collection
intends to unpack the true potential for movements from and by the
people, linking these historically and offering a new lens for
thinking about contemporary populism. What can we learn from recent
events? How can these lessons inform how we think about politics
for the future? Offering this approach, from the perspective of
populist potential, will help us answer these questions and open
the debate with contributors from countries or regions that have a
tradition of populism, privileging them with a deeper
understanding.
From the threats posed by austerity and the fears around global
migration to the unsettled notion of resistance, our political
world is permeated with anxieties. But what does this mean for our
everyday lived political experience? Do governments provoke or
encourage a sense of anxiety as a form of control and power? How do
citizens react to, comply with, or resist, this sense of anxiety?
This book interrogates the different faces of anxiety and provides
a systematic engagement with its different manifestations. It uses
different disciplinary approaches and methodologies to study
political and social phenomena in order to paint a picture of the
impact of anxiety, and how it governs and mobilises individuals.
The key strength of these contributions comes from their
theoretically informed analysis of empirical problems. Moving
beyond the concept of the 'risk society' and the recurrence of
cyclical capitalist crises, this book challenges the notion of the
status quo to consider urges and desires for political change. By
highlighting that anxiety is different from fear, the book examines
new implications for the study of political events.
From the threats posed by austerity and the fears around global
migration to the unsettled notion of resistance, our political
world is permeated with anxieties. But what does this mean for our
everyday lived political experience? Do governments provoke or
encourage a sense of anxiety as a form of control and power? How do
citizens react to, comply with, or resist, this sense of anxiety?
This book interrogates the different faces of anxiety and provides
a systematic engagement with its different manifestations. It uses
different disciplinary approaches and methodologies to study
political and social phenomena in order to paint a picture of the
impact of anxiety, and how it governs and mobilises individuals.
The key strength of these contributions comes from their
theoretically informed analysis of empirical problems. Moving
beyond the concept of the 'risk society' and the recurrence of
cyclical capitalist crises, this book challenges the notion of the
status quo to consider urges and desires for political change. By
highlighting that anxiety is different from fear, the book examines
new implications for the study of political events.
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