The mood of the world

"In the wake of the financial crisis, things feel pretty bleak. This book shows how moods shape our experience, which feelings and thoughts suggest themselves to us and which are excluded. Though vague and ephemeral, collective moods are crucial in determining our attitudes and identities, enco...

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Uniform Title: Gefühl der Welt. English
Main Author: Bude, Heinz,
Other Authors: Garnett, Simon,
Format: Book
Language: English
German
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press, [2018]
Physical Description: vii, 104 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • How we are, and how we are faring
  • In the mood for 'mood'
  • Cycles of contagion and spirals of silence
  • Disappointment and engagement
  • The relationship between the generations
  • The established and the outsiders
  • The feeling of the sexes
  • The mood of the future.