Lars (Hrsg.) Eckstein

The Politics of Passion

Reframing Affect and Emotion in Global Modernity

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The demise of the modern self-centred subject does not engender a waning but a politicisation of affect: The site of passion is now no longer the individual's interiority but the contact zone of intersubjective encounters. The public and political status of the emotions thus becomes apparent, making visible how affects are embedded in and shaped by discursive regimes. Neither spontaneous nor overdetermined, passion is therefore not the other of reason but a deeply social energy that fuels political, cultural and everyday practices. The Politics of Passion combines theoretical reframings of affect and emotion in global modernity with analyses… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Wiemann, Dirk (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-631-60196-9
EAN: 9783631601969
Produktnummer: 19519121
Verlag: Peter Lang
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 234 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.6 cm 420 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 420

Über den Autor

Dirk Wiemann is Professor of English Literature at the University of Potsdam. His research areas are early modern republicanism and Indo-British cultural exchanges since the 19th century. Lars Eckstein is Professor of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures outside Britain and the USA at the University of Potsdam. His research areas are postcolonial and decolonial theories and practices.