(Ebook) The Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara Ahmed ISBN 9780415972550, 0415972558

(Ebook) The Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara Ahmed ISBN 9780415972550, 0415972558

This is a bold take on the crucial role of emotion in politics. 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 feminist and queer political
movements. Debates on international terrorism, asylum and migration, as
well as reconciliation and reparation are explored through topical case
studies. In this textbook the difficult issues are confronted head on.
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; and updated
throughout.