On protest, discourse, and the livable life: the role of identity and affect

Building upon the poststructuralist turn in psychology, we reposition psychological knowledge of social movements via a discursive framework utilizing: 1) feminist frameworks of intersectionality and queer critiques of binarism that highlight the significance of multiple identities, and 2) affect th...

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Published in:Current opinion in psychology 2020-10, Vol.35, p.132-137
Main Authors: Liu, Wen, Opotow, Susan
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Building upon the poststructuralist turn in psychology, we reposition psychological knowledge of social movements via a discursive framework utilizing: 1) feminist frameworks of intersectionality and queer critiques of binarism that highlight the significance of multiple identities, and 2) affect theories that broaden the psycho-political scale to include politics beyond discursive framing and recognizable identities. We draw on contemporary scholarship describing discourse in social movements to propose a twofold model in which collective identity and affect capture the dynamics we see as fundamental for a psychology of social movements and societal change.
ISSN:2352-250X
2352-250X
DOI:10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.06.011