George Katsiaficas 12/1/25 George Katsiaficas 12/1/25

Gen Z Schrijft Geschiedenis

George Katsiaficas 9/15/25 George Katsiaficas 9/15/25

Welcome to the ‘Eros Effect’, Gen Z

Eros Effect 6/21/24 Eros Effect 6/21/24

Revolutionary Love: An Interview with George Katsiaficas

George Katsiaficas 4/20/22 George Katsiaficas 4/20/22

Aesthetic and Political Avant-Gardes

Avant-garde refers to people seeking to transform aesthetic and political developments in society. The tension between the political and the aesthetic in avant gardes is significant and valuable; political activists can learn a great deal from the impact of aesthetic movements.

Eros Effect 3/19/21 Eros Effect 3/19/21

Love & Rage: The Eros Effect and Spontaneous Combustion by H. Lazar and P. Messersmith-Glavin

George Katsiaficas 3/19/21 George Katsiaficas 3/19/21

Response to the book Spontaneous Combustion: The Eros Effect and Global Revolution

Eros Effect 10/10/19 Eros Effect 10/10/19

Eros and Thanatos in the Syrian Revolution

George Katsiaficas 9/1/13 George Katsiaficas 9/1/13

Eros and Revolution

In his later work, Marcuse concerned himself with the nexus between social movements and unconscious dimensions of human nature. He understood Nature (including instincts) as an “ally” in the revolutionary process. In this paper, I seek to explore his insight through the concept of the "eros effect,"

Eros Effect 5/30/11 Eros Effect 5/30/11

The Eros Effect and the Arab Uprisings: An Interview With David Zlutnik

George Katsiaficas 2/11/11 George Katsiaficas 2/11/11

The Real Egyptian Revolution is yet to come

George Katsiaficas 2/11/11 George Katsiaficas 2/11/11

The Eros effect comes to Cairo

Eros Effect 6/5/03 Eros Effect 6/5/03

Interview on the Eros Effect

George Katsiaficas 2/1/02 George Katsiaficas 2/1/02

O Efeito Eros

Este texto do sociólogo norte-americano George N. Katsiaficas faz um levantamento das teorias tradicionais dos movimentos populares à luz de seu distanciamento do agregador tradicional das lutas de libertação, a classe.

Katsiaficas mostra que as teorias tradicionais do "comportamento de grupo" são marcadas por "vieses antidemocráticos extremos". Confrontando-se com tais concepções, o autor desenvolve a teoria do efeito Eros, que destaca o caráter natural dos movimentos sociais por estes serem fundados em uma "necessidade instintiva de liberdade".