The cultural politics of emotion

By:

Ahmed, Sara

Material type: Text

9780748691135

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.2 AHM-C

Contents:

CHAPTER 1 The Contingency of Pain CHAPTER 2 The Organisation of Hate CHAPTER 3 The Affective Politics of Fear CHAPTER 4 The Performativity of Disgust CHAPTER 5 Shame Before Others CHAPTER 6 In the Name of Love CHAPTER 7 Queer Feelings CHAPTER 8 Feminist Attachments

Summary: 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. What do emotions do? How do emotions move us or get us stuck? In developing a theory of the cultural politics of emotion, Sara Ahmed focuses on the relationship between emotions, language and bodies. She shows how emotions are named in speech acts, as well as how they involve sensations that are felt by the skin. The Cultural Politics of Emotion develops a new methodology for reading 'the emotionality of texts' and offers analyses of the role of emotions in debates on international terrorism, asylum and migration, and reconciliation and reparation. New for this edition: an extensive Afterword, 'Emotions and Their Objects,' which situates the book in relation to the emergent field of affect studies, as well as in relation to the author's body of scholarly work. New for this edition: An extensive Afterword, 'Emotions and Their Objects' which situates the book in relation to the emergent field of affect studies, as well as in relation to the author's body of scholarly work A revised Bibliography Updated throughout.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD General Stacks	Political Science	306.2 AHM-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	03/02/2025	013014

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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. What do emotions do? How do emotions move us or get us stuck? In developing a theory of the cultural politics of emotion, Sara Ahmed focuses on the relationship between emotions, language and bodies. She shows how emotions are named in speech acts, as well as how they involve sensations that are felt by the skin. The Cultural Politics of Emotion develops a new methodology for reading 'the emotionality of texts' and offers analyses of the role of emotions in debates on international terrorism, asylum and migration, and reconciliation and reparation. New for this edition: an extensive Afterword, 'Emotions and Their Objects,' which situates the book in relation to the emergent field of affect studies, as well as in relation to the author's body of scholarly work. New for this edition: An extensive Afterword, 'Emotions and Their Objects' which situates the book in relation to the emergent field of affect studies, as well as in relation to the author's body of scholarly work A revised Bibliography Updated throughout.

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