Revolutionary Emotions

The Roots of Revolutionary Waves

Silvana Toska (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-777486-1 (ISBN)

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Revolutionary Emotions proposes a novel emotional theory of revolutionary diffusion and success and argues that emotional mobilization is at the root of both. For centuries, revolutionaries spoke of the emotional arousal--the anger, hope, and the jettisoning of fear--that motivated their participation in revolt. Studies of revolutions, however, rarely give these emotional narratives the power that actors themselves recount. This book argues that revolutionary waves, including the 1848 revolts and the Arab Uprisings, cannot be explained without the emotional arousal that motivated potential revolutionaries to imitate neighboring revolts. The shared identity of revolutionaries across borders leads to a shared emotional arousal and adoption of protest frames and methods. Absent this shared identity, revolutions are unlikely to cause sufficient emotional resonance to spur imitators across borders. In addition to a shared identity, previous history of protests makes diffusion more likely, as seasoned activists capitalize on this emotional jolt to mobilize against their regimes. The emotional power of the crowds is tangible--if difficult to measure--and influences the decisions of key elite players, including the military, on whether to allow the regime to fall.

By grounding the theory in the emotional narratives of revolutionaries and by breaking down the various dichotomies that plague the study of revolutions--structure versus agency, and domestic versus international--Revolutionary Emotions provides the first coherent theory of revolutionary diffusion and success.

Silvana Toska is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Davidson College. Dr. Toska studies political psychology, revolutionary waves, the role of emotions in decision-making, and international relations of the Middle East. She has conducted extensive field research in the region and has written on the Arab Uprisings and Political Islam in the Middle East.

Introduction: Revolutionaries without Borders: Patterns in the Study and Practice of Revolutions
Chapter 1: Theory: Sense and Sensibility: Emotions and Revolutionary Diffusion
Chapter 2: Why Revolts Spread and Often Succeed
Chapter 3: Bringing Identity Back in the "Arab Uprisings": Identity and Revolutionary Waves in the Middle East
Chapter 4: The People Overthrew the Regimes: Egypt and Yemen
Chapter 5: Syria and Saudi Arabia: Divide and Conquer or Buy and Co-opt
Conclusion: The 1848 Revolutions, and Nonspread of the Iranian Revolutions

Erscheinungsdatum	13.10.2024
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	167 x 242 mm
Gewicht	621 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	0-19-777486-5 / 0197774865
ISBN-13	978-0-19-777486-1 / 9780197774861
Zustand	Neuware