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Introduction

This book examines ideational power by focusing on the energy and momentum that are built into “flashes of conviction.” The discussion centers on the affective dimension of collective ideas and on how ideology comes to matter in the lives of people. Using the concept of conviction, the book analyzes the fluctuating intensity and quality of attitudes, motivations, and beliefs. It looks at different examples of conviction with particular emphasis on the impulses and resonances generated by assertions of truth. These topics are explored in the context of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, and particularly in the mining town of Kokjangak, at a time of economic collapse and political turmoil. This introduction explains how the concepts of conviction and ideology are employed in order to lay the foundations for the conceptual framework developed in this book.

Cornell University Press

Mathijs Pelkmans

Cornell University Press

2017

Title: Introduction

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This book examines ideational power by focusing on the energy and momentum that are built into “flashes of conviction.

” The discussion centers on the affective dimension of collective ideas and on how ideology comes to matter in the lives of people.

Using the concept of conviction, the book analyzes the fluctuating intensity and quality of attitudes, motivations, and beliefs.

It looks at different examples of conviction with particular emphasis on the impulses and resonances generated by assertions of truth.

These topics are explored in the context of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, and particularly in the mining town of Kokjangak, at a time of economic collapse and political turmoil.

This introduction explains how the concepts of conviction and ideology are employed in order to lay the foundations for the conceptual framework developed in this book.

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