On right-wing movements, spheres, and resonances: an interview with Ben Anderson and Rainer Mühlhoff

Kemmer, Laura; Peters, Christian Helge; Weber, Vanessa; Anderson, Ben; Mühlhoff, Rainer

doi:10.1080/1600910x.2018.1544577

On right-wing movements, spheres, and resonances: an interview with Ben Anderson and Rainer Mühlhoff

Kemmer, Laura; Peters, Christian Helge; Weber, Vanessa; Anderson, Ben; Mühlhoff, Rainer

Authors

Laura Kemmer

Christian Helge Peters

Vanessa Weber

Professor Ben Anderson ben.anderson@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Rainer Mühlhoff

Abstract

This interview began in Hamburg and Berlin and continued virtually, as an active email exchange, between November 2017 and April 2018. Our conversation was sparked by the recent and ongoing turn to the right in global politics. It departs from exploring ‘affective modes of inquiry’, which our interview partners have applied in recent articles. We then move on to discuss the events of Brexit in the UK and the return of the far right to German Parliament in 2017, as well as recent terms such as ‘techlash’ and ‘fake news’. Against this background, we tackle the core concern of this special issue by asking for the locations of affect in the concepts of ‘affective resonance’ and ‘(atmo)spheres’. Finally, we ponder the potential of ‘affective counterpolitics’ and the challenges this brings for an academic engagement with realpolitik.

Citation

Kemmer, L., Peters, C. H., Weber, V., Anderson, B., & Mühlhoff, R. (2019). On right-wing movements, spheres, and resonances: an interview with Ben Anderson and Rainer Mühlhoff. Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory, 20(1), 25-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910x.2018.1544577

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	Nov 29, 2018
Publication Date	2019
Deposit Date	May 23, 2019
Publicly Available Date	May 29, 2020
Journal	Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory
Print ISSN	1600-910X
Electronic ISSN	2159-9149
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	20
Issue	1
Pages	25-41
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910x.2018.1544577

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Distinktion : journal of social theory on 29 November 2019 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1600910X.2018.1544577