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

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Donovan O. Schaefer (University of Pennsylvania)

The Evolution of Affect Theory

The Humanities, the Sciences, and the Study of Power

Donovan O. Schaefer (University of Pennsylvania)

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English

Cambridge University Press
30 May 2019

Social & cultural history; Philosophy; History of ideas; Life sciences: general issues

Series: Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses

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.

By: Donovan O. Schaefer (University of Pennsylvania)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 130g
ISBN: 9781108732116
ISBN 10: 1108732119
Series: Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 30 May 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: music without words; 1. The Deleuzian dialect of affect theory; 2. Unbecoming: criticisms of the Deleuzian dialect; 3. The animality of affect; 4. Economies of dignity: reconsidering the mosque movement; Conclusion: the entertainment.