"Orgull, ressentiment i menyspreu". Emotions and feeling rules to understand the Catalonia polarization process
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Emotions, sociology, feeling rules, polarization, CataloniaAbstract
Based on the literature on the emotional dimension in contentious politics the article offers some analytical tools to understand polarization in the Catalan political and social context. Using the Arlie Hochschild perspective on emotions (emotions as a sociocultural construct), and her research on polarization processes in the US, we will show how the pride of feeling Catalan can be transformed into a rule of feeling of secessionists groups. Also, throughout the text we will explore how emotions influence the construction of "us" versus "them", or how moral emotions such as rage, pride, outrage and indignation, or affective bonds such as hatred and contempt are determining variables in the process of radicalization of the political narrative between sovereigntists and secessionists, conservatives and progressives, and elites and grassroots political groups.
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