Affective Formation of Publics by Margreth Lnenborg, Birgitt... - 9781032430317

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Affective Formation of PublicsPlaces, Networks, and Media\nAuthor(s): Margreth Lnenborg, Birgitt Rttger-Rssler\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032430317, 978-1032430317\nSynopsis\nThis book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of current formations of publics that is informed by in-depth knowledge of affect and emotion theory.\n\nUsing empirical case studies from contexts as diverse as India, Pakistan, Tanzania, and the Americas as well as Europe, the book challenges dichotomous distinctions between private and public. Instead, publics are understood as a relational structure that encompasses both people and their physical and mediatized environment. While each kind of public is affectively constituted, the intensity of its affective attunement varies considerably.\n\nThe volume is aimed at academic readers interested in understanding the dynamic and fluid forms of contemporary formation of publicsbe it digital .