Feeling Democracy

Cultural critic Lauren Berlant wrote that “politics is always emotional,” and her words hold especially true for politics in the twenty-first century. From Obama to Trump, from Black Lives Matter to the anti-abortion movement, politicians and activists appeal to hope, fear, anger, and pity, all amplified by social media.    The essays in  Feeling Democracy  examine how both reactionary and progressive politics are driven largely by emotional appeals to the public. The contrib