Politics and Emotions: The Obama PhenomenonAn edited book which includes my chapter 'Suspending disbelief: Obama and the role of emotions in political communication' |
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Communication, Political communication, Emotion, Emotions And Political Theory, Politics and Emotions, Interpersonal Communication, Mass Communication, Mass Media, Culture, Pubblic Communication. Political Communication, Creative City, Cultural Industry, and Obama
Mainstream liberal narratives have often depicted politics as a matter of power and competing interests, disregarding emotions or conceiving them as threats to a rational and well-ordered society. In the last decades, however, this viewpoint has been increasingly challenged by a number of scholars researching on the complex and multidimensional role of emotions in politics. This edited collection aims at providing a concise but comprehensive introduction to this area of research. The essays contained in this volume focus on a single case, the Obama phenomenon, illustrating empirically how the variable ‘emotions’ can enrich political analysis. Taken together, the essays reflect the plurality of approaches available to the study of politics and emotions and thus contribute to the cutting-edge debates on this fascinating topic.
With contributions by Marcos Engelken-Jorge, Ramón Maiz, Brad Verhulst, MaryKate Lizotte, Andrew J.W. Civettini, Oliver Escobar, Alan Sandry, Åsa Wettergren, Deborah Gould.
Contents
Introduction • Politics & Emotions: An Overview, Marcos Engelken-Jorge
Emotions & Contemporary Political Theory • The Political Mind and Its Other: Rethinking the Non-Place of Passions in Modern Political Theory, Ramón Máiz Methodological Issues • The Influence of Affective States on the Depth of Information Processing, Brad Verhulst & Mary-Kate Lizotte
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Barack Obama and the Political Science of Hope, Andrew J.C. Civettini
Perspectives on Politics & Emotions: The Obama Phenomenon • Suspending Disbelief: Obama and the Role of Emotions in Political Communication, Oliver Escobar
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Persuading the Intractable: Charisma and Emotional Engagement within the Dialogue of Politics, Alan Sandry
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“I’m Still Standing for Hope and Glory!” Reflections on the Obama Phenomenon and the Politics of Resentment vs. the Politics of Cosmopolitanism, Asa Wettergren
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Desiring Politics: Wanting More in the Age of Obama, Deborah Gould
Politics and Emotions: The Obama Phenomenon (2011) (Eds.) Engelken-Jorge, M.; Ibarra Gell, P.; Moreno del Río, C. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.