政治心理视域下的感动：特征、功能与机制

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Abstract In the context of deep medialization and the rise of affective publics, being moved—as a positive emotion triggered by the sudden intensification of social bonds—has demonstrated significant value in strengthening group identity, enhancing political legitimacy, and mitigating political polarization. In contrast to Western psychology’s focus on the affective attributes and neural mechanisms of being moved, political science approaches examine how this emotion is absorbed by political systems and participates in the construction of political order. In the Chinese context, the politics of being moved exhibits a distinctive composite structure: it encompasses not only the horizontal social bonds described by Kama Muta theory, but also integrates vertical moral sublimity and the value order of the “familial-state isomorphism”, forming a “moral-political” model of emotional governance. Accordingly, being moved can be dis-tinguished into two ideal types—“spontaneous being moved” and “constructed being moved”—which are both interdependent and in constant tension within political mobilization. Through the emotional mobilization of symbols, rituals, exemplary narratives, and collective memories, the state narrates and amplifies the spontaneously emergent feelings of being moved among the public, elevating them into emotional identification with the political system. This process constitutes a dual interaction of bottom-up emotional resonance and top-down narrative response. Overly instrumentalized construction may lead to “compassion fatigue” and the risk of emotional manipulation; effective emotional governance requires a balance between narrative construction and public emotional autonomy to achieve the sustainable production of political legitimacy.

Key words： being moved political psychology social bonds emotional politics political legitimacy familial-state isomorphism

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MIAO Hong-na. “Being Moved” in the Context of Political Psychology: Characteristics, Functions, and Mechanisms[J]. , 2026, 43(4): 95-104.

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