Desire After Affect

di Marie-Luise Angerer (Autore)

Nicholas Grindell (Traduttore)

Rowman & Littlefield International, 2014

Desire is a term often used in conjunction with the subject. This desire is directed towards the real, which is defined as the generic core of the linguistic order. As a result of the focus on affect, the three terms—desire, the subject, the real—have been fundamentally shaken up and called into question. Affect, in various forms, is now a matter of concern across a wide range of disciplines including neuroscience, psychology, the humanities, and social sciences. All of these fields have a declared interest in affect, in emotions and sensations, in pathos, passions, and the senses. Desire After Affect argues that this affective euphoria cannot be explained solely in terms of a repression of language, logos, and reason. It argues that the affective turn is symptomatic of a fundamental shift in modes of thinking about the human condition. It explores what this means for the human and the posthuman, animal and machine, and calls for a new theory of subjectivation, a philosophy of media affect.    

• Autore: Marie-Luise Angerer
• Traduttore: Nicholas Grindell
• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield International
• Anno: 2014
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 160 p.
• Dimensioni: 218 x 144 mm
• Peso: 236 gr.
• EAN: 9781783481316

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