Dan Degerman is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol. His research explores issues at the intersection of the philosophy and history of emotions, mental disorder, and political engagement, and he has a special interest in the philosophy of Hannah Arendt.

The passions unleashed by populism, Covid-related concerns and increased democratic disaffection all focus attention on the politics of emotions and the emotional drivers of political life. But very few scholars have been able to reveal why emotions matter with the skill and sophistication that Dan Degerman brings to the topic. Like all brilliant books Political Agency and the Medicalisation of Negative Emotions raises as many questions as it answers as it skillfully dissects a range of literatures, topics and themes. A quite remarkable book that deserves to be read within and beyond academe.

• Introduction: The politics of medicalisation Hannah Arendt, political agency, and negative emotionsThe public shape of emotionsDisordered voters: Grieving the Brexit referendumMad protesters: Raging with OccupyPrimitive populists: The fear of UKIPMaladjusted patients: The agency of the user/survivor movementConclusion: Political agency after COVID-19

Dan Degerman is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol. His research explores issues at the intersection of the philosophy and history of emotions, mental disorder, and political engagement, and he has a special interest in the philosophy of Hannah Arendt.

The passions unleashed by populism, Covid-related concerns and increased democratic disaffection all focus attention on the politics of emotions and the emotional drivers of political life. But very few scholars have been able to reveal why emotions matter with the skill and sophistication that Dan Degerman brings to the topic. Like all brilliant books Political Agency and the Medicalisation of Negative Emotions raises as many questions as it answers as it skillfully dissects a range of literatures, topics and themes. A quite remarkable book that deserves to be read within and beyond academe.

• Introduction: The politics of medicalisation Hannah Arendt, political agency, and negative emotionsThe public shape of emotionsDisordered voters: Grieving the Brexit referendumMad protesters: Raging with OccupyPrimitive populists: The fear of UKIPMaladjusted patients: The agency of the user/survivor movementConclusion: Political agency after COVID-19

Dan Degerman is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol. His research explores issues at the intersection of the philosophy and history of emotions, mental disorder, and political engagement, and he has a special interest in the philosophy of Hannah Arendt.

The passions unleashed by populism, Covid-related concerns and increased democratic disaffection all focus attention on the politics of emotions and the emotional drivers of political life. But very few scholars have been able to reveal why emotions matter with the skill and sophistication that Dan Degerman brings to the topic. Like all brilliant books Political Agency and the Medicalisation of Negative Emotions raises as many questions as it answers as it skillfully dissects a range of literatures, topics and themes. A quite remarkable book that deserves to be read within and beyond academe.

• Introduction: The politics of medicalisation Hannah Arendt, political agency, and negative emotionsThe public shape of emotionsDisordered voters: Grieving the Brexit referendumMad protesters: Raging with OccupyPrimitive populists: The fear of UKIPMaladjusted patients: The agency of the user/survivor movementConclusion: Political agency after COVID-19