BUCHPREMIERE Eva Illouz: Undemokratische Emotionen.
Eva Illouz präsentiert ihr neues Buch Undemokratische Emotionen - das Beispiel Israel
Begrüßung: Jutta Allmendinger
Moderation: Michael Zürn
Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt!
Undemocratic Emotions – The Example of Israel
Book presentation by WZB Visiting ResearchProfessors and Professor Eva Illouz, on her new book, edited by Suhrkamp Verlag (forthcoming April 2023).
Is it better for a ruler to be loved or feared? Since the two are difficult to combine, Machiavelli prioritizes fear in Il Principe, his famous treatise on the principles of the reason of state. In her new book, Israeli sociologist Eva Illouz echoes Machiavelli in two ways: she underscores the importance of emotions in politics and elaborates on how right-wing populists instrumentalize certain emotions.
Since it´s founding, the state of Israel has been shaped by security issues more than almost any other country. In this situation, Illouz says, longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to be loved precisely because of the fear he spreads. Through extensive interviews with human rights activists and others, Illouz shows in her new Suhrkamp book how fear and resentment divide societies and undermine democracy.
Welcome note by Jutta Allmendinger, President of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Discussants
Jelena Cupać, Postdoctoral researcher at the WZB Research Unit Global Governance
Christian von Scheve, Head of the Research Group “Sociology of Emotion” at Freie Universität Berlin
Daniel Ziblatt, Director of the WZB Research Unit Transformations of Democracy
Moderated by Michael Zürn, Director of the WZB Research Unit Global Governance
The venue is wheelchair accessible. Please let Friederike Theilen-Kosch (friederike.theilen-kosch@wzb.eu) know if you need special assistance.
WZB Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung - Berlin Social Science Center, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Room A 300
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