The Power of Emotions in World Politics - Paperback

by Simon Koschut (Editor)

This book argues that the link between emotions and discourse provides a new and promising framework to theorize and empirically analyse power relationships in world politics. The expert contributors argue that emotions are not irrational forces but have a pattern to them that underpins social relations.

Author Biography

Simon Koschut is DFG Heisenberg Research Fellow at the Otto Suhr Institute at the Free University Berlin (2015-present). Previously, he held positions at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He has edited four volumes and his work appeared in journals such as Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, Millennium, and Cooperation and Conflict.