PRE EMPTIVE ANXIETY OR EXISTENTIALIST FREEDOM OF CHOICE?
PRE EMPTIVE ANXIETY OR EXISTENTIALIST FREEDOM OF CHOICE?

Summary/Abstract: The paper introduces all the essays in the volume in the context of Affect Theory and the Theory of Existentialism. These two theories help explain some expected but slightly distressing zones in the enclosed texts. It seems that all these texts embrace inconspicuously the fear of the present and of the future. In their very well researched articles, dealing with various aspects of contemporary times, like jihadism, terrorism, the nature of Russian soul, the presence of the post Socialist ideology in Eastern Europe, kitsch, morality in the world of simulacra, the world of Barack Obama and the presence/absence of Jesus in pop-culture, the authors carefully explore their topics within the general theme of the volume, Social Unrest in History. Analyses, interpretations and representations in literature and visual arts. The author of this essay concludes her article with an argument that the area of affect should be paid closer attention than ever when analyzing the above topics today.

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