GOVT 6856

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GOVT 6856
The Politics of Affect

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course examines the role that affect plays in politics and, especially, social movements. We will read about various interdisciplinary approaches to affect and public emotions before focusing on particular feelings like love, anger, fear, envy, grief, depression, resentment, hope, melancholia, and optimism. In doing so, we will ask: what does it mean to study, document, and historicize political affects? How can certain moods become resources for political action? Why and when do revolutionary energies increase or deplete? Possible readings include: Raymond Williams, Audre Lorde, Vivian Gornick, Lorraine Hansberry.


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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19214 GOVT 6856   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19215 GOVT 6856   IND 601

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    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies