
Cruel Optimism: Affect Theory and the Structure of Feeling
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The Emotional Appeal of Trump
There is this pre figurative element psychologically to trying to do whatever you can in your life given what you know. And I think that can be proactive and helpful way to deal with some of the emotional elements of the climate crisis without necessarily falling into the trap of individualizing the problem and its solution. So yeah, certainly worth thinking about. But another aspect of this approach that I'm really curious about and listening to you talk about Lauren's work and your ideas surrounding it really got me thinking is how it can be applied to comprehending the far right.
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