Encountering Affect Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions
Encountering Affect Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions by Ben Anderson, published by Routledge in 2016, is a comprehensive exploration of the role of affect in social sciences and humanities. This 208-page book delves into the complexities of affective life and its interconnections with contemporary political transformations, offering insights into how affects are ordered and mediated through various apparatuses and conditions.
Readers will find a thorough examination of the significance of affect in understanding modern life, as Anderson engages with debates surrounding non-representational theories. The book presents a range of examples, including themes of dread, hope, and precariousness, to illustrate the intricate relationship between emotions and societal dynamics. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in philosophy, political science, and psychology, providing a nuanced perspective on the interplay between affect and contemporary issues.
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Since the mid-1990s, affect has become central to the social sciences and humanities. Debates abound over how to conceptualise affect, and how to understand the interrelationships between affective life and a range of contemporary political transformations. In Encountering Affect, Ben Anderson explores why understanding affect matters and offers one account of affective life that hones in on the different ways in which affects are ordered. Intervening in debates around non-representational theories, he argues that affective life is always-already ‘mediated’ – the never finished product of apparatuses, encounters and conditions. Through a wide range of examples including dread-debility-dependency in torture, ordinary hopes, and precariousness, Anderson shows the significance of affect for understanding life today.
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