Power of Emotion in Politics, Philosophy, and Ideology

Hanna Samir Kassab is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northern Michigan University, USA. He is the author of Weak States in International Relations Theory: The Cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia (2015). He is also the co-editor and author of Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century (2015). He has published articles on International Relations Theory, National Security, politics of the Far-right and Nationalism, acts of Political Suicide, and Foreign Policy.

• IntroductionPART I: THEORY 1. Emotions and the Individual2. Emotions and the Formation of Ideas3. The Structure of Politics4. Political Philosophy and Political IdeologyPART II: CASES5. Democracy6. Communism7. Nazism8. Zionism, Arab Nationalism, Islamism and US Neoconservativism Conclusion