Catarina Kinnvall
Professor
Covid-19 : crisis, emotional governance and populist fantasy narratives
Author
Summary, in English
This short article discusses how different fantasy narratives have come together during the Covid-19 crisis in various far-right movements, parties and audiences across the world and how much of these fantasies rely on racialised and gendered notions of a fantastical world-order in which particular forms of emotional governance provide a relief and sense of security to certain societal groups. This involves a close engagement with crisis and crisis narratives in relation to ontological insecurity and anxiety; how such crisis narratives have materialised in fantasies related to borders and corona nationalism, and the emotional governance of these particular fantasies in the hands of populist leaders and their increasingly receptive audiences.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
Publishing year
2023
Language
English
Pages
156-163
Publication/Series
International Relations
Volume
37
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Topic
- Media Studies
Keywords
- anxiety
- Covid-19
- fantasy
- ontological insecurity
- populism
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0047-1178