{"product_id":"feeling-democracy-emotional-politics-in-the-new-millennium-9781978835450","title":"Feeling Democracy: Emotional Politics in the New Millennium","description":"Cultural critic Lauren Berlant wrote that \"politics is always emotional,\" and her words hold especially true for politics in the twenty-first century. From Obama to Trump, from Black Lives Matter to the anti-abortion movement, politicians and activists appeal to hope, fear, anger, and pity, all amplified by social media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The essays in \u003ci\u003eFeeling Democracy \u003c\/i\u003eexamine how both reactionary and progressive politics are driven largely by emotional appeals to the public. The contributors in this collection cover everything from immigrants' rights movements to white nationalist rallies to show how solidarities forged around gender, race, and sexuality become catalysts for a passionate democratic politics. Some essays draw parallels between today's activist strategies and the use of emotion in women-led radical movements from the 1960s and 1970s, while others expand the geographic scope of the collection by considering Asian decolonial politics and Egyptian pro-democracy protests. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Incorporating scholarship from fields as varied as law, political science, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and history, \u003ci\u003eFeeling Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e considers how emotional rhetoric in politics can be a double-edged sword--often wielded by authoritarian populists who seek to undermine democracy but sometimes helping to bring about a genuine renewal of participatory democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSARAH TOBIAS is Executive Director of the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University and affiliate faculty in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eTrans Studies: The Challenge to Hetero\/Homo Normativites\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePerils of Populism\u003c\/i\u003e (Rutgers University Press). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ARLENE STEIN is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. She is the author or editor of nine books, including \u003ci\u003eUnbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Next Door: The Story of a Small Community's Battle Over Sex, Faith and Civil Rights\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50489116164370,"sku":"9781978835450","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8bba0230-fd3c-4b99-a24b-afffb7d54f97.jpg?v=1730488943","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/feeling-democracy-emotional-politics-in-the-new-millennium-9781978835450","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}