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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]

Table of 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.

Author/Creator:

Hutchison, Emma, 1980- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Affective communities in world politics: collective emotions after trauma [by Hutchison, E.]

Related Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations; [volume] 140

Subjects:

Political psychology

Emotions — Political aspects

Psychic trauma — Political aspects

Group identity — Political aspects

International relations — Psychological aspects

Emotions

Psychic trauma

Group identity

International relations

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xviii, 350 pages ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

JA74.5 .H86 2016

ISBNs:

9781107095014 (hardback)
1107095018 (hardback)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2015042957

OCLC Numbers:

930258185