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Dystopian Emotions: Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures

Hardback

Main Details

Title Dystopian Emotions: Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures
Authors and Contributors      Contributions by Vern Smith
Contributions by Geraint Harvey
Contributions by Deborah Lupton
Contributions by Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Contributions by Briohny Doyle
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:198
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781529214543
ClassificationsDewey:302
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 1 Illustrations, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Bristol University Press
Imprint Bristol University Press
Publication Date 13 December 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This edited collection offers an original investigation of into the changing landscape of emotion in dark and uncertain times. 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 characterised by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety. This edited collection challenges individualised 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.

Author Biography

Jordan McKenzie is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Roger Patulny is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

Reviews

"By treating emotions through the prism of temporality, and exploring how future visions inform senses of the present and understandings of the past, this important book plots a powerful new research trajectory." Jack Barbalet, Australian National University "Dystopian Emotions is not a bleak sermon on the end of the world. These essays recognize how an array of emotions can help us navigate or avoid potentially dark futures." Mary Holmes, University of Edinburgh