Make Sovereignty Great Again: American Feelings in a Global Age

Elisabeth R. Anker is Professor of American Studies and Political Science at George Washington University. She researches power, violence, and freedom at the crossroads of political theory and cultural criticism. She is the author of Ugly Freedoms (Duke, 2022) and Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom (Duke 2014). She currently serves as co-editor of the journal Theory & Event, and frequently comments on current events for television.