This book offers an innovative and deeply insightful contribution to the study of ethnic conflict by examining its dynamics and long-term consequences through the emotional experiences of ordinary people. Departing from the dominant approaches that privilege rationality and instrumental decision-making, Adis Maksic compellingly redirects the debate toward the realm of affective politics. The comparative analysis of cases, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Gaza, and Nagorno-Karabakh, gives the study a strong global perspective and demonstrates the broad relevance of the author's theoretical framework across different contexts.

Siniša Maleševic, Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology, University College Dublin, Ireland

This is the best account of the affective forces that ethicize politics that I have ever read. Moving beyond rational and strategic understandings of emotion in politics, Maksic documents in a series of eye-opening case studies the power of embodied affective-discursive dispositions laid down over time and accumulated through visceral experiences. You will understand conflict in a deeper manner after reading this book.

Gerard Toal, Professor, School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech, US