The affective turn : theorizing the social

摘要: “The innovative essays in this volume . demonstrat[e] the potential of perspective affects a wide range fields and with variety methodological approaches. Some use fieldwork to investigate functions affects—among organized sex workers, health care modeling industry. Others employ discourses microbiology, thermodynamics, information sciences, cinema studies rethink body terms technology. Still others explore trauma context immigration war. And throughout all run serious theoretical reflections on powers political possibilities they pose for research practice.”—Michael Hardt, from foreword In mid-1990s, scholars turned their attention toward ways that ongoing political, economic, cultural transformations were changing realm social, specifically aspect it described by notion affect: pre-individual bodily forces, linked autonomic responses, which augment or diminish body’s capacity act engage others. This “affective turn” new configurations bodies, technology, matter reveals, is subject collection essays. Scholars based sociology, studies, science women’s illuminate movement thought psychoanalytically informed criticism identity, representation, an engagement affect; privileging organic exploration nonorganic life; presumption equilibrium-seeking closed systems complexity open under far-from-equilibrium conditions. Taken together, these suggest attending affective turn necessary theorizing social. Contributors Jamie “Skye” Bianco, Grace M. Cho, Patricia Ticineto Clough, Melissa Ditmore, Ariel Ducey, Deborah Gambs, Karen Wendy Gilbert, Greg Goldberg, Jean Halley, Hosu Kim, David Staples, Craig Willse , Elizabeth Wissinger Jonathan R. Wynn