The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle

Toward a resonant society

“…Thus, Rosa appears skeptical of the uses of confrontation of anger in democratic politics since he sees such actions and emotions as little more than manifestations of alienated muteness. This skepticism puts him somewhat at odds with other contemporary political thinkers, such as Jacques Rancière (1999), who emphasizes the centrality of confrontation in political subjectification, or Myisha Cherry (2021), who argues for certain types of anti-racist rage as a form of resistance against oppressive (and thus repulsive) systems.…”

Hearts and Minds: The Technopolitical Role of Affect in Sociotechnical Imaginaries

“…Powerful testimonies, images of harm, and acknowledgement of suffering help guide us in our decisions about where we need to act and how quickly. Cherry (2021) for example, outlines the importance of rage in the anti-racist struggle. Paying attention to these emotions and experiences can help us to understand, in greater depth, what relationships of power are doing, what the stakes are in a given situation, whose bodies are on the line, and how we ought to respond.…”

The Rage of Lonely Men: Loneliness and Misogyny in the Online Movement of “Involuntary Celibates” (Incels)

“…It is common in the philosophy of emotion to distinguish between the fittingness or correctness and moral appropriateness of emotions, and their prudential value (D'Arms & Jacobson 2000). Even though the details of the distinction are controversial, it has been applied to a number of specific emotions, prominently for instance to anger (see Cherry 2021). Applied to the case of loneliness, we can ask whether the emotion "gets things right" -that is, whether the emoter is indeed lonely 2021; Seemann 2022).…”