Hot Contention, Cool Abstention
Hot Contention, Cool Abstention
This chapter presents the findings of the computational analysis. Confirming the literature on hot cognition and emotions in general, it shows that decisions to mobilize for the Arab Spring were primarily motivated by beliefs about positive emotions (solidarity, courage, hope, national pride). On the contrary, decisions to stay at home were not motivated by beliefs about emotions but instead were triggered by beliefs about living in safety, improving living conditions, and state approval. The author organizes the results around the particular findings related to protestors and non-protesters and the key antecedents of their decision to protest or stay at home.
Keywords: hot cognition, reasoning processes, hot/cool reasoning, Arab Spring, emotion
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