The Evolution of Affect Theory: The Humanities, the Sciences, and the Study of Power (Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses)
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- Synopsis
- Across the humanities, a set of interrelated concepts - excess, becoming, the event - have gained purchase as analytical tools for thinking about power. Some versions of affect theory rely on Gilles Deleuze's concept of 'becoming', proposing that affect is best understood as a field of dynamic novelty. Reconsidering affect theory's relationship with life sciences, Schaefer argues that this procedure fails as a register of the analytics of power. By way of a case study, this work concludes with a return to the work of Saba Mahmood, in particular her 2005 study of the women's mosque movement in Cairo, Politics of Piety.
- Copyright:
- 2019
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781108764315
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781108732116, 9781108732116
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 06/26/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Donovan O. Schaefer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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