ABSTRACT
The state of unrest is a disturbance in the affective life of the populace. The state of unrest is not a static form but made up of multiple flows of affect. It is experienced differently by people, depending on mood, situation, status, etc. But actually, the state of unrest is most important for the sovereign order. The state of unrest undermines this calm normalisation; it makes public order the question. In the state of popular unrest, the state of enmity that emerges is very clear for all to see. A key part of the affective life of the populace hardens into a refusal – an enmity between the state and a portion of its populace. The populace begins to look for other structures and groupings that might carry their ardour. The populace increasingly becomes ungovernable because the simple unquestioning habits of being governed are interrupted.
