Politics and Emotion
The evolution of our contemporary idea of emotions and how they play out in politics.
Thinking Allowed · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
A revolution in feeling: How the Enlightenment forged our understanding of human emotion and the ways in which this relates to the contemporary political world. Laurie Taylor talks to the literary historian, Rachel Hewitt; Russell Foster, political scientist at King's College London; and to Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Director, Research Development and Environment, Cardiff School of Journalism, Cardiff University. Revised repeat.
Producer: Jayne Egerton.