Abstract
In this chapter it is argued that the claim of ‘informed citizenship’ as a standard of citizen competence in modern liberal democracies is misconceived. The theory of affective intelligence offers a new understanding of the citizen not as a political expert but as a human part of the body politic. Fully understanding the role of emotion in politics requires a brief reflection on the central importance given to the preeminent roles assigned to reason and progress in modern liberal societies.KeywordsConscious AwarenessLiberal PoliticsLiberal SocietyDemocratic PoliticsDisposition SystemThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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