ABSTRACT
From an emotions sociology point of view, after briefly tracing the emotional underpinnings of the main theorists of nationalism since the late nineteenth century, this chapter demonstrates the relational societal procedures involved in the affective bases of the nation state by deciphering the so-called ‘national sentiment’. Hatred, envy, pride, dignity, love, and fear are likely to become political emotions when deployed in the discourse and the emotional practices of national habitus. The dynamics involved in ressentiment as a key programmatic political emotion stipulating Greek national identity are analyzed in tandem with the notion of inverted syncretism.
