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The Evolution of Affect Theory: The Humanities, the Sciences, and the Study of Power

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The Evolution of Affect Theory: The Humanities, the Sciences, and the Study of Power - Schaefer, Donovan O.
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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 ...

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The Evolution of Affect Theory: The Humanities, the Sciences, and the Study of Power 2019, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781108732116

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