The crossover between research in the sociology of emotion and the field of dystopian studies is underdeveloped and in need of greater exploration. A search of leading emotions journals like Emotion Review, Emotion, Space and Society, ...
Author: McKenzie, Jordan
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 9781529214567
Category: Social Science
Page: 224
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As nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterized by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety. This edited collection challenges individualized understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times. Combining numerous empirical studies and theoretical developments from around the world, the diverse contributors explore how dystopian visions of the future influence, and are influenced by, the emotions of an anxious and precarious present. This is an original investigation into the changing landscape of emotion in dark and uncertain times.
