THE AFFECT THEORY READER PAPERBACK

This field-defining collection consolidates and builds momentum in the burgeoning area of affect studies. The contributors include m any of the central theorists of affect-those visceral forces beneath, alongside, or generally other than conscious knowing that can serve to drive us toward movement, thought, and ever-changing forms of relation. As Lauren Berlant explores cruel optimism, Brian Ma ssumi theorizes the affective logic of public threat, and Elspeth Probyn examines shame, they, along with the other contributors, sh ow how an...[Read more]