SOCI 3645 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hukbalahap Rebellion, Libido, Cognitive Psychology
8 Apr 2015
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Summary: the past 20 years have seen an explosion of research and theory into the emotions of protest and social movements. At one extreme, general theoretical statements about emotions have established their importance in every aspect of political action. This should also help us overcome a residual suspicion that emotions are irrational, as well as avoid the overreaction, namely demonstrations that emotions help (and never hurt) protest mobilization and goals. Types of emotions [emotions and social movements: twenty years of theory and research, by. For decades, psychoanalysis had offered the only serious tool kit for talking about emotions in politics. Its promise faded in the 1970s and the 1980, as cognitive psychology developed as an alternative. Freud"s hydraulic imagery of libidinal flows [first through the individual (either sublimated or released sexually), then out into social networks] relied on an extreme mind-body conflict that was less and less tenable.
