Violent Affections: Book Launch with bubbles

Alexander Sasha Kondakov, PhD, is an assistant professor at the School of Sociology, University College Dublin, Ireland. His truly international experience includes holding positions in the University of Helsinki’s major research centre in Russian and Eurasian studies, Aleksanteri Institute, as well as research jobs at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Alexander studied sociology of law at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Spain. Kondakov’s work is primarily focused on law and sexuality studies, more specifically on queer sexualities. His latest research on violence against LGBT people in Russia has gotten attention in the international and Russian media. Kondakov’s studies were published in such journals as Sexualities, Social & Legal Studies, Feminist Legal Studies, and European Journal of Criminology. The research on anti-queer violence concluded with an open-access book 'Violent Affections: Queer sexuality, techniques of power, and law in Russia'. The book is available for free download on UCL Press website, as well as in other formats for various prices.

University College Dublin

Join the author of 'Violent Affections' for a rare book launch at UCD. The book deals with violence against queers and is focused on Russia.

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Violent Affections is praised as work which &#x27;is immediately relevant in the contemporary period of misinformation campaigns and the influence of technology in the production of truth. Violent Affections demonstrates the interweaving of government, law, and society from a discursive technological standpoint founded on centuries of socio­historical knowledge.&#x27; (Journal of Homosexuality).Written by Alexander Sasha Kondakov, UCD sociology lecturer, the book uncovers techniques of power that work to translate emotions into violence against queer people. Based on an analysis of over 300 criminal cases of anti-queer violence in Russia before and after the introduction of ‘gay propaganda’ law, the book shows how perpetrators&#x27; individual affective states are directly connected to the political violence aimed at queer lives more generally.T﻿he event features a discussion with the author and comments from Jennifer Schweppe (University of Limerick), one of Ireland&#x27;s leading scholars of hate crime.Violent Affections is available for free download from the publisher&#x27;s website, as well as for purchase in various formats. Hard copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event.

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