Politische Emotionen in den Künsten

Fear, worry, indignation, hate, contempt as well as trust, hope, compassion, empathy, or sympathy are regarded as both drivers of protest movements and a factor in processes of opinion formation, seem to guarantee the solidarity of political entities, and are responsible for crowd psychology phenomena like coups and revolutions or for the collapse of such movements into terror and horror. This book contributes to current debates surrounding the legitimacy of political emotions by taking a look at the history of art and literature: What iconographies do current politics of emotion draw on, to which long-since coded dramaturgies do social movements adhere, and what familiar narratives of mobilizing or containing political emotions are taken up?

Autorentext

Philipp Ekardt, Universität Konstanz; Frank Fehrenbach, Cornelia Zumbusch, Universität Hamburg.

Zusammenfassung
"Kurz gesagt handelt es sich um eine äußerst lesenswerte Publikation, die konkrete Bildbetrachtung und Theorie verbindet und aufzeigt, welch breites Spektrum die titelgebende Trias in der Forschung zu umfassen vermag." (Steffen Haug in: Zeitschrift für Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften, 2022/Heft 3 Jahrgang 50)