Public Spheres of Resonance - 9781138608450

Taylor & Francis

Public Spheres of ResonanceConstellations of Affect and Language\nAuthor(s): Anne Fleig, Christian von Scheve\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138608450, 978-1138608450\nSynopsis\nTo understand the profound changes in the modes of public political debate over the past decade, this volume develops a new conception of public spheres as spaces of resonance emerging from the power of language to affect and to ascribe and instill collective emotion. \n\nPolitical discourse is no longer confined to traditional media, but increasingly takes place in fragmented and digital public spheres. At the same time, the modes of political engagement have changed: discourse is said to increasingly rely on strategies of emotionalization and to be deeply affective at its core. This book meticulously shows how public spheres are rooted in the emotional, bodily, and affective dimensions of language, and how language in its capacity to.