Ryo TATSUMI    Department   Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages  , Department of English Studies for Careers    Position   Assistant Professor-lecturer
Language	English
Publication Date	2020/03
Type	Academic Paper
Peer Review	Peer reviewed
Title	Fear and cultural Identity: Affect in the Digital Era
Contribution Type	Single author
Journal	国際言語文化日本学研究
Journal Type	Japan
Publisher	国際言語平和研究所
Volume, Issue, Page	(5),pp.55-64
Total page number	9
Details	Considering politics of identity under globalization, we need to focus on people’s emotions that can politically affect others. As the author points out, although ideology has caused conflicts of nationalism and history, now, the power of affect has replaced ideology as the power of making history. The recent dynamic changes in world affairs require us to reexamine the disciplinary discourses of culture and identity politics.　To understand world affairs, cultural studies must observe the production of affect that may depend on cultural differences and further see the irrationalities that cause such affect. “Affect” and emotions are keys to understanding our experiences in the digital culture. This paper uses psychological findings on emotions and theories of affect (fear in particular) to determine what affect can do and how it can form our cultures through digital media. Subsequently, the study shifts its focus to how identity politics are developed in this digital era.