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Sociologist Émile Durkheim’s term for the way people become excited when they find themselves among their “tribe,” whether social, biological, or political. Hochschild uses it to describe Tea Partiers’ mob-like enthusiasm at Donald Trump’s rally.
Collective Effervescence Quotes in Strangers in Their Own Land
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Chapter 15 Quotes
While economic self-interest is never entirely absent, what I discovered was the profound importance of emotional self-interest—a giddy release from the feeling of being a stranger in one’s own land.
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In this passage, Hochschild highlights the enthusiastic energy at Donald Trump’s rally and how it works in his supporters’ emotional self-interest. As they gather around to affirm him and one another, Trump’s supporters experience a powerful feeling of collective effervescence and consequently see voting for Trump as a way to “hold on” to their elation. This phenomenon allows Hochschild to finally return to her original concern with political scholars’ analytical methods: while most focus on seeing the economic interests people have in voting for particular candidates, Hochschild thinks they tend to forget that people often ultimately vote on their feelings. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Acc
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Collective Effervescence Term Timeline in Strangers in Their Own Land
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Chapter 15 – Strangers No Longer: The Power of Promise
Renowned French sociologist Émile Durkheim used the term “ collective effervescence ” to describe the “emotional excitation felt by those who join with others they take...
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