Emotions, Protest, Democracy: Collective Identities in Contemporary Spain

ISBN-13: 9781032241548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 266 str.

Emmy Eklundh

Opis

Using radical theories of democracy, Eklundh constructs an analytical framework based on concept of visceral ties, seeing emotions and affect as constitutive of any collective identity. She later demonstrates empirically, using both ethnographic method and social media analysis, how the movement Indignados has stronger visceral ties than Podemos

Spis treści

Introduction: A Narrative of Three Crises

Part 1: Emotions

1. Emotion and Reason in Collective Action

2. Rationality, Consensus and Dissensus

3. The Contribution of Radical Democracy

Part 2: Protest

4. Understanding Movement Unity

5. Collective Identities on Social Media

Part 3: Democracy

6. From Movement to Party

7. Digital Participation and Sffect

Conclusion: Addressing the Crisis of Subjectivity

O autorze

Emmy Eklundh is a Lecturer in Spanish and International Politics at King’s College London. Her research is mainly centred on the post-crisis eruptions of protest in Southern Europe and challenges to the European democratic order. Current research projects include the rise (or return) of left- and right-wing populist movements and parties in Europe.