Abstract
This episode is part five [Massumi, 2015] of seven of the lecture series [HTA 8] on affect theory grounded in Baruch Spinoza’s Ethics [1677], excerpt from Part III, and developed through the writings, seminars, and interviews of Walter Benjamin [1940], Gilles Deleuze [1981], Brian Massumi [2015], Justin Hill [2019], and Ed Casey [2022].
Primary Source
Massumi, Brian. Politics of Affect. Cambridge, UK / Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2015.
Massumi, Brian. “Affect, Fields of Immi(a)Nence, and Differential Attunement in Massumi’s Politics of Affect [by Justin A. Hill].” In Politics of Affect, Supplementary Material. Cambridge, UK / Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2015.
Guiding Questions
Brian Massumi [2015]
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How does Massumi bring Spinozan affect into process-relational thought?
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What real-world impacts does affect theory have? What crises does affect theory (e.g., Spinoza, Benjamin, Deleuze, Massumi, Whitman) resolve or inform?
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How can understanding historicized zonal process affect aid global well-being?