Affective Dimensions of Political Violence
The Case of a Lynching in Mexico
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2026
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781399545112 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
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Investigates the role of emotions in politicising forms of violence that are often dismissed as apolitical.
Affective Dimensions of Political Violence challenges the dominant accounts of political violence, which view it as a is purely rational or structural phenomenon, often dismissing emotions like rage and anger as irrational and therefore apolitical.
This book argues emotions become deeply political when they disrupt the order established and maintained by the state —often through violence. Using the case of a lynching in San Juan Ixtayopan, Mexico, the book reconceptualises a form of violence, which is commonly labelled as “criminal” or “barbaric”, as instead an eminently political act performed by marginalised groups as a means of asserting their presence.
Drawing on theorists such as Girard, Foucault, Butler and Benjamin, the book provides a phenomenological exploration of violence, linking emotional experiences to neoliberal political conditions. Structured around three core emotions—fear, anger and revenge—it examines moral panics and scapegoating, the spectacle of violence and perceptions of justice. By weaving collective emotions into theories of political violence, this interdisciplinary work offers a fresh way to understand how affects shape violence beyond instrumental logic, contributing to political theory, sociology and feminist readings of violence.
Affective Dimensions of Political Violence challenges the dominant accounts of political violence, which view it as a is purely rational or structural phenomenon, often dismissing emotions like rage and anger as irrational and therefore apolitical.
This book argues emotions become deeply political when they disrupt the order established and maintained by the state —often through violence. Using the case of a lynching in San Juan Ixtayopan, Mexico, the book reconceptualises a form of violence, which is commonly labelled as “criminal” or “barbaric”, as instead an eminently political act performed by marginalised groups as a means of asserting their presence.
Drawing on theorists such as Girard, Foucault, Butler and Benjamin, the book provides a phenomenological exploration of violence, linking emotional experiences to neoliberal political conditions. Structured around three core emotions—fear, anger and revenge—it examines moral panics and scapegoating, the spectacle of violence and perceptions of justice. By weaving collective emotions into theories of political violence, this interdisciplinary work offers a fresh way to understand how affects shape violence beyond instrumental logic, contributing to political theory, sociology and feminist readings of violence.
Melany Cruz is Lecturer in International Politics (Global South) at the University of Leicester
Introduction: Contemporary Lynching and the Limits of Instrumental Violence
1. Tracing Lynching: Early American Concepts and Contemporary Latin American Interpretations
2. The Politics and Phenomenology of Lynching: Naming, Violence, and the Affective Question
3. Fears Igniting Lynching: Rethinking Moral Panics
4. The Politics of the Angry Crowd: Lynching as Interpellation
5. Retribution and a Notion of Lynching as Frontier Justice
6. Lynching Against the State: Vital and Divine Violence
Conclusion: On the Possibilities of Looking at Political Violence Through Emotions
Bibliography
Appendix
Newspaper Archive List
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781399545112 / 9781399545112 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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