Politics of Anxiety
Politics of Anxiety
ISBN: 9781783489916
From the threats posed by austerity and the fears around global migration to the unsettled notion of resistance, our political world is permeated with anxieties. But what does this mean for our everyday lived political experience? Do governments provoke or encourage a sense of anxiety as a form of control and power? How do citizens react to, comply with, or resist, this sense of anxiety? This book interrogates the different faces of anxiety and provides a systematic engagement with its different manifestations. It uses different disciplinary approaches and methodologies to study political and social phenomena in order to paint a picture of the impact of anxiety, and how it governs and mobilises individuals. The key strength of these contributions comes from their theoretically informed analysis of empirical problems. Moving beyond the concept of the 'risk society' and the recurrence of cyclical capitalist crises, this book challenges the notion of the status quo to consider urges and desires for political change. By highlighting that anxiety is different from fear, the book examines new implications for the study of political events.
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD INTERNAT.
By: Emmy Eklundh,Andreja Zevnik,Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 242
1. Introduction: Politics of Anxiety, Emmy Eklundh, Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet and Andreja Zevnik / Part I: Politicizing Anxiety / 2. For want of not: Lacan's conception of anxiety, J. Peter Burgess / 3. When does Repression become Political?, Henrique Tavares Furtado / Part II: Security: Control / 4. Anxiety: Trauma: Resilience, Mark Neocleous / 5. The New Age of Suspicion, Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet and Fabienne Brion / 6. The Effects of Uncertainty: Anxiety and Crisis Preparedness, Carsten Baran / Part III: Resistance: Reclaiming / 7. The Politics of Anxiety and the Rise of Far-Right Parties in Europe, Norma Rossi / 8. Indignation as resistance: Beyond the Anxiety of No Future Alternatives, Paolo Cossarini / 9. Neurotic Neoliberalism and the Economics of Anxiety, Japhy Wilson / Part IV: Epilogue / 10. Sovereign Anxiety and Baroque Politics, Michael Dillon
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