Cultural Politics of Emotion

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Edinburgh University Press, Jun 11, 2014 - Philosophy - 224 pages
A bold exploration of the relationship between emotions and politics, through case studies on international terrorism, asylum, migration, reconciliation and reparation. Develops a theory of how emotions work and their effects on our daily lives.
 

Contents

The Contingency of Pain
12
The Organisation of Hate
8
The Affective Politics of Fear
3
In the Name of Love
Queer Feelings
Feminist Attachments
References
Index
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Sara Ahmed is an independent researcher. Her research interests are in feminist theory, critical race studies and postcolonial theory. Previous publications include Differences that Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism (1998) and Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality (2000).

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