Affective States: Entanglements, Suspensions, Suspicions

By: Mateusz Laszczkowski and Madeleine Reeves

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Synopsis: In recent years, political and social theory has been transformed by the heterogeneous approaches to feeling and emotion jointly referred to as 'affect theory'. These range from psychological and social-constructivist approaches to emotion to feminist and post-human perspectives. Covering a wide spectrum of topics and ethnographic contexts-from engineering in the Andes to household rituals in rural China, from South African land restitution to migrant living in Moscow, and from elections in El Salvador to online and offline surveillance among political refugees from Uzbekistan and Eritrea-the chapters in this volume interrogate this 'affective turn' through the lens of fine-grained ethnographies of the state. The volume enhances the anthropological understanding of the various ways through which the state comes to be experienced as a visceral presence in social life.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781785337192
Related ISBNs:: 9781785337178
Publisher:: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date of Addition:: 02/07/18
Copyrighted By:: Berghahn
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
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