Affective interventions and ‘the hegemonic other’ in runestones from Västergötland and Södermanland, Sweden

• In the eleventh century AD, the Scandinavian countries were in the final stage of the process of conversion to Christianity. Local and regional processes of negotiations towards a Christian hegemony took various courses in different parts of Scandinavia. There are few substantial indications that social tensions resulted in violence. Rather, archaeological evidence indicates a gradual change. This paper highlights how these processes of negotiations were expressed by counter-hegemonic groups that took advantage of the affective affordances of runestones. By raising specific runestones, these non-Christian groups were part of an agonistic political process, as described by the political philosopher Chantal Mouffe.

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HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi -- Arkeologi (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology -- Archaeology (hsv//eng)

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agonistics

Mouffe

affect

affective styles

affective communities

political negotiations

relational ontology

Archaeology

Arkeologi

agonistics

Mouffe

affect

affective styles

affective communities

political negotiations

relational ontology

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