This interview began in Berlin and continued virtually, as an active email exchange, between November 2017 and April 2018. The conversation was sparked by the recent and ongoing turn to the right in global politics. It departs from exploring 'affective modes of inquiry', which our interview partners have applied in their articles 'The Affective Styles of Donald Trump' (Anderson 2017) and 'Fatal Identification' (Mühlhoff 2017a). We then move on to discuss the events of Brexit in the UK and the return of the far right to German Parliament in 2017, as much as recent terms such as 'techlash' or 'fake news'. Against this background, we tackle the core concern of this special issue by asking for the locations of affect in the concepts of 'affective resonance' (Mühlhoff 2015, 2019b) and '(atmo)spheres' (Anderson 2009). Finally, we ponder the potential of 'affective counterpolitics' and the challenges this brings for an academic engagement with realpolitik.

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