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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| Management number | 233325283 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | $7.62 | Model Number | 233325283 | ||
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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 Mahmood, in particular her 2005 study of the women's mosque movement in Cairo, Politics of Piety. Read more
| ASIN | B07T8HQ588 |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-1108764315 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 1.7 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 79 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | May 30, 2019 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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