Cruel Optimism: Affect Theory and the Structure of Feeling
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The Power of Emotions in Politics
I think even for people who don't hold Trump's politics I think even on an emotional level seeing someone be that free and that comfortable with themselves can be appealing. In Berlin's words he gives this message that internal lives matter you know your internal life matters. This is just an argument about taking emotions really seriously in in politics but it goes back to the psychoanalytic way of thinking here.
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