ERC Advanced Grant · 2024
Cultures of Joy in the Metacrisis: Resistance, Resilience, and Repair in Troubled Times
Joy is rarely the focus of the social sciences but is arguably more important than it has ever been. While crisis might be a ‘structural signature of modernity’ the experience of crisis today is characterised by complex systems themselves in crisis, interacting with each other in unpredictable ways. This ‘metacrisis’ is ubiquitous, enduring, and emotionally exhausting. Yet, for people around the world, living in and through the metacrisis requires joy to sustain them: experiences of joyous self-transcendence that support political resistance, psychological resilience and social repair. AnthropoloJOY is a novel exploratory investigation into the cross-cultural value, experience and…
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