Presentation at the 5th Annual Conference of The European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions
From the 13th to the 15th of June the 5th Annual Conference of The European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions (EPSSE) took place in Tallinn. The CRC 1171 had organized a panel with the topic "Dynamics of Sociality in a World in Motion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Affective Societies". Four members of the CRC presented papers, among them Jonas Bens.
In his presentation entitled "On the Courtroom Atmosphere: Legal Objectivity as an Affective Register" Jonas Bens argued that courtroom proceedings are about mobilizing affect and emotion in order to produce objectivity.