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Critical theory and feeling : the affective politics of the early Frankfurt school / Simon Mussell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical theory and contemporary societyPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (168 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526122018
  • 1526122014
  • 9781526105714
  • 1526105713
  • 1526132257
  • 9781526132253
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Critical theory and feeling.DDC classification:
  • 301.01 23
LOC classification:
  • HM467
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Thinking through feeling: critical theory and the affective turn -- 2. Feeling blue: melancholic dispositions and conscious unhappiness -- 3. feeling for things: objects, affects, mimesis -- 4. Expectant emotion and the politics of hope.
Summary: This book examines the vital role of affect and feeling within the work of the early Frankfurt School. The author investigates a range of concepts - including melancholia, hope, (un)happiness, objects, and mimesis - and argues that a contemporary reading of critical theory needs to accommodate an adequate understanding of affect.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book examines the vital role of affect and feeling within the work of the early Frankfurt School. The author investigates a range of concepts - including melancholia, hope, (un)happiness, objects, and mimesis - and argues that a contemporary reading of critical theory needs to accommodate an adequate understanding of affect.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Thinking through feeling: critical theory and the affective turn -- 2. Feeling blue: melancholic dispositions and conscious unhappiness -- 3. feeling for things: objects, affects, mimesis -- 4. Expectant emotion and the politics of hope.

In English.

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