Affective States

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"Overall, Affective States is well written, fascinating, and importantly highlights the complex ways in which affect, emotion, and feeling are inherent within, critical to, and constitutive of states. Each chapter engages both with different theorizations of how these affective states are transmitted and circulate, and with the broader framework outlined by the editors." * JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute)



"A brilliant contribution that brings political anthropology into ethnographic and conceptual conversation with affect theory. Each of the book chapters provides a unique ethnographic angle on 'affective states,' with a fantastic, field-defining introduction." * Yael Navaro, University of Cambridge



"A pioneering volume on contemporary political life that offers an exciting new approach to theorizing the state through the lens of affect, one that focuses our attention on the powerful structures of sentiment that mediate relations between citizens and government. A must read for those who want to understand the affective intensities of politics in these very uncertain times." * Christina Schwenkel, University of California, Riverside