Institutional Transformations: Imagination, Embodiment, and Affect

This collection explores how affect, imagination, and embodiment can constrain or enable the justice of institutions and the experiences of specific social identities. It critically assesses the extent to which theorists have attended to the conjoined influence of the imagination, embodiment, and affective phenomena on processes of institutional change that aim to achieve social justice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 170 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Formal and informal institutions play a crucial role in shaping our social interactions by establishing normative expectations and patterns of collective behavior. This collection delves into the intricate interplay between affect, imagination, and embodiment, exploring how they can either constrain or enable the justice of institutions and the experiences of specific social identities.

In this anthology, we examine the ways in which institutions perpetuate systematic disadvantages for individuals with particular identities while privileging others. We consider the legal, political, and normative interventions that can be employed to promote a more just society. The chapters in this collection collectively represent the breadth of existing research within institutional theory, affect theory, race theory, and theories of social imaginaries.

Across a diverse range of topics, including human rights, racial and sexual violence, transitional justice, and democratic movements, the collection critically assesses the extent to which theorists have accounted for the interconnected influence of imagination, embodiment, and affective phenomena on processes of institutional change that aim to achieve social justice.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Angelaki.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367521790