The Treadmill Affect

Marxism, Subjectivity, and the Present

Benjamin Lee

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Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
10 May 2025

Semantics; Literary studies: general; Social & political philosophy

A critical synthesis of the work of Lauren Berlant, Moishe Postone, and Michael Silverstein.

The Treadmill Affect draws upon the work of three University of Chicago professors, each a former program director at the Center for Transcultural Studies: literary and cultural critic Lauren Berlant, historian and social theorist Moishe Postone, and linguist Michael Silverstein. Through this intellectual synthesis, Benjamin Lee demonstrates the critical possibilities of uniting a revived linguistic turn with Marxist accounts of affect and subjectivity, adding new dimensions to the ""treadmill"" affective structure of cruel optimism.

By: Benjamin Lee
Imprint: Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 114mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781734643572
ISBN 10: 1734643579
Pages: 100
Publication Date: 10 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Benjamin Lee is professor of anthropology and philosophy at the New School. He was formerly dean of the New School for Social Research and provost of the New School. He is also the former director of the Center for Transcultural Studies.