Affective Eugenics: Education, Political Polarization, and the Affective Sorting of Futurity
Theory, Culture & Society: Explorations in Critical Social Science
Published online on January 13, 2026
Abstract
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This conceptual-speculative article examines political polarization as a deliberate strategy of affective governance in an age defined by mass dispossession and ecological collapse. We argue that polarization should not be treated as a temporary crisis to ...
This conceptual-speculative article examines political polarization as a deliberate strategy of affective governance in an age defined by mass dispossession and ecological collapse. We argue that polarization should not be treated as a temporary crisis to ...