The Politics of Negative Emotions
Global Discourse\, Volume 11\, Issue 1
Edited by \;Dan Degerman\, Lancaster University (d.degerman@lancaster.ac.uk)
Abstract \;
Negative emotions seemingly lie at the \;heart of recent political changes and movements in the West. \;Anger\, fear and \;sadness have\, to varying degrees\, been implicated in the outcome of the Brexit \;referendum and the rise of Trump\, on the one hand\, and the persistence of Black \;Lives Matter and \;the impact of the Me Too movement\, on the other. Rightly or \;wrongly\, the negative emotions of \;disadvantaged groups and their role in \;political action have long been a subject of suspicion\, \;criticism and \;regulation. A philosophical tradition that stretches from Plato to Martha \;Nussbaum has \;urged us to keep negative emotions like anger and jealousy out of \;politics\, and to instead nurture \;positive ones\, like love and compassion. Yet\, \;that must be confounding to minorities\, the poor and \;other marginalized groups\, \;whose political claims frequently originate in negative emotions and take \;the \;form of emotional expressions. Indeed\, their marginalization and attendant \;suffering has been \;exacerbated by processes\, such as medicalization\, which \;prompt individuals to think of their anger\, \;fear and other painful emotions as \;personal problems to be dealt with in the medical or some other \;ostensibly \;apolitical sphere. But not everyone believes negative emotions must be kept out \;of \;politics. Some feminists have long defended the political value of anger. \;And\, more recently\, such \;thinkers as Judith Butler and Deborah Gould have \;highlighted the politically empowering and \;constructive role that other negative \;emotions can play as well. But whether these newer perspectives \;can survive the \;popular trend of blaming our contemporary political problems on passions like \;anger \;and fear remains to be seen.
This issue of \;Global Discourse \;seeks to examine the specific challenges posed by \;political responses \;to negative emotion through engagement and analysis of \;real-world cases\, such as the rise of the far \;right in Europe and the US\, \;Brexit\, Black Lives Matter and Me Too. \;
\; Possible questions to be \;explored \;include:
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Submission \;instructions and deadlines
Abstracts of 400 words: \;1st April 2019
Articles (solicited on the basis of review \;of abstracts): \;1st \;August \;2019
Publication: \;mid-2020
Instructions for authors
Please submit by email all abstracts and \;articles to the Guest Editor.
Further details:https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/global-discourse/instructions-for-authors
Editor contact details: \;Dan Degerman (d.degerman@lancaster.ac.uk)
Journal Aims and Scope
Global Discourse is an \;interdisciplinary\, problem-oriented journal of applied contemporary thought \;operating at the intersection of politics\, international relations\, sociology \;and social policy. The \;Journal&rsquo\;s scope is broad\, encouraging interrogation of \;current affairs with regard to core questions of \;distributive justice\, \;wellbeing\, cultural diversity\, autonomy\, sovereignty\, security and recognition. \;All \;issues are themed and aimed at addressing pressing issues as they emerge. \;Rejecting the notion that \;publication is the final stage in the research \;process\, Global Discourse seeks to foster discussion and \;debate \;between often artificially isolated disciplines and paradigms\, with responses \;to articles \;encouraged and conversations continued across issues.
The Journal features a mix of full-length \;articles\, each accompanied by one or more replies\, policy \;papers commissioned \;by organizations and institutions and book review symposia\, typically \;consisting of three reviews and a reply by the author(s). With an international \;advisory editorial \;board consisting of experienced\, highly-cited \;academics\, Global Discourse publishes themed issues \;on topics as they \;emerge. Authors are encouraged to explore the international dimensions and \;implications of their work. \; All research articles in this journal have \;undergone rigorous peer review\, based on initial editor \;screening and \;double-blind peer review. All submissions must be in response to a specific \;call for \;papers. \;
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