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africa
african
Author_Andrew A. G. Ross
balkans
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conflict
cultural studies
culture
emotional
emotions
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european
fear
global politics
hatred
human suffering
international
justice
political science
psychological
psychology
public sentiment
rwanda
social interactions
southeast europe
struggle
terrorism
transnational
violence
war on terror
worldwide
Product details
- ISBN 9780226077390
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 16 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 06 Dec 2013
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that emotion plays a central role in global politics. For example, people readily care about acts of terrorism and humanitarian crises because they appeal to our compassion for human suffering. These struggles also command attention where social interactions have the power to produce or intensify the emotional responses of those who participate in them. From passionate protests to poignant speeches, Andrew A. G. Ross analyzes high-emotion events with an eye to how they shape public perception and finds that there is no single answer. The politically powerful play to the public's emotions to advance their political aims, and such appeals to emotion often serve to sustain existing values and institutions. But the affective dimension can also produce profound change, particularly when a struggle in the present can be shown to line up with emotionally resonant events from the past. Extending his findings to well-studied conflicts, including the "war on terror" and the violence in Rwanda and the Balkans, Ross identifies important sites of emotional impact missed by earlier research focused on identities and institutional interests.
Andrew A. G. Ross is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and affiliated faculty with the Center for Law, Justice, and Culture at Ohio University. He lives in Baltimore, MD, and Athens, OH.
