Representation and Mediation in World Politics
| Published date | 01 January 2019 |
| Author | Andrew A.G. Ross |
| Date | 01 January 2019 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0305829818808386 |
| Subject Matter | Symposium: Debating Trauma and Emotion in World Politics |
https://doi.org/10.1177/0305829818808386
Millennium: Journal of
International Studies
2019, Vol. 47(2) 263 –272
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1. Emma Hutchison, Affective Communities in World Politics: Collective Emotions after Trauma
(New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016).
Representation and
Mediation in World Politics
Andrew A.G. Ross
Ohio University, USA
Keywords
Media, affect, populism, humanitarianism
Representación y mediación en la política mundial
Palabras clave
medios de comunicación, afectividad, populismo, humanitarismo
Représentation et médiation dans la politique mondiale
Mots-clés
médias, affect, populisme, humanitarisme
At the forefront of research on emotion and affect in International Relations (IR), Emma
Hutchison’s Affective Communities opens up many opportunities for future research in
this area.1 There is much to embrace from both the content and style of her contribution:
at a time when disciplinary imperatives push towards specialisation, Hutchison fosters
cross-disciplinary linkages. And, as methodological trends tilt towards replication and
data transparency, she models an alternative approach that is both empirically grounded
and reflexively aware of its own contestability. Overall, Hutchison advances persuasively
Corresponding author:
Andrew A.G. Ross, Ohio University, Political Science, Bentley Annex 255, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA.
Email: rossa@ohio.edu
808386MIL0010.1177/0305829818808386Millennium: Journal of International StudiesRoss
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Symposium: Debating Trauma and Emotion in World Politics
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