Nervous States by William H. Davies
A penetrating analysis arguing that contemporary politics is driven less by rational calculation than by pervasive feelings of anxiety, insecurity and resentment; it traces how neoliberal economic policies, financialization and managerial rule have transformed citizens into precarious, self-monitoring subjects and shows how that emotional economy fuels populist movements, identity politics and technocratic responses that reproduce the cycle. The book examines the institutions, markets and media that amplify nervousness and contends that rebuilding democratic legitimacy requires confronting the material sources of insecurity and restoring collective forms of trust and solidarity.
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