The Emotional Transition in Social Movements. The case of PAH

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https://doi.org/10.28939/iam.debats.133-1.13

Abstract

We find that some fractured societies, in grappling with Neo-Liberalism as a political project, embark on an emotional transition to win hearts and minds for new, fairer policies to tackle inequalities.Thus, there are what one might term ‘affective spaces’ that facilitate this emotional transition, thereby allowing the building of collective action. For these spaces to work well, they must be configured as chains of interaction rituals, which use emotional change to drive social change.This paper is based on a documental analysis and an ethnographic study carried out between 2013 and 2018 in several assemblies of and actions taken by the PAH (a platform for those affected by home foreclosure) in several Catalan municipalities. It was conducted by participatory observation, focus groups and in-depth interviews with activists.

Author Biography

  • Ferran Giménez Azagra, University of Barcelona, University of Valencia
    Doctor en sociologia per la Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, UPV/EHU, actualment és
    professor de secundària a l’Institut Ribot i Serra de Sabadell, per l’especialitat d’Intervenció Sociocomunitària. També és professor associat de la Universitat de Barcelona en el Departament de Didàctica i Orientació Educativa. Les
    seves principals línies de recerca actuals són els processos de construcció social dels moviments socials: identitats
    col·lectives, marcs d’acció col·lectiva, subjectivitats i emocions.

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Published

2019-05-24

Issue

Vol. 133 No. 1 (2019)

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MISCELLANEOUS

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How to Cite

Giménez Azagra, F. (2019) “The Emotional Transition in Social Movements. The case of PAH”, Debats. Journal on culture, power and society, 133(1), pp. 131–143. doi:10.28939/iam.debats.133-1.13.