Interesting post from Gerard Toal (Gearóid Ó Tuathail) on political affect, which links to a piece he wrote for Antipode in 2004, and where he promises to develop an affective geopolitics.

Most contemporary geographers will be aware that the discipline has been grappling with a movement called ‘non-representational theory’ for the last few years, codified by, among other things, Nigel Thrift’s book of that same name (like many, I think the name is not helpful in suggesting an oppositional: ‘more than representational’ is certainly better). This movement within Geography is part of a larger ‘affect turn’ in contemporary social science, though it is still fringe in the more positivistic enthralled disciplines like Political Science, and, of course, Economics… (continues)