Massumi The Power at the End of the Economy

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7581-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten

In his latest book, the influential critic Brian Massumi offers a new theory of political economy that demonstrates how emotional, affective and nonconscious decisions work together with rational self-interest in the shaping of neoliberalism. Massumi’s analysis shows the potential for a new anti-capitalist politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Massumi, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Inmost End 1

The Market in Wonderland 2

System Distrust 6

Collapse of the Affective Wave Packet 10

2. A Doing Done through Me 19

Deliberation without Attention 21

Jamming Rational Choice 24

The Primes of Life 26

Toward a Politics of Dividualism 32

Double Involuntary / Autonomy of Decision 36

Fielding the Event 43

Tribunals of Reason 48

Finessing the Event 53

3. Beyond Self-Interest 57

Your Life or My Little Finger? 58

Contiguity, Most Distant 65

The Argument from Intensity 68

The Other Sign of Passion 73

A Freedom of the Event 79

The Flashpoint of Sympathy 84

Toward an Anticapitalist Art of the Event 93

Supplements

I. The Affective Tasks of Reason 97

II. Keywords for Affect 103

Notes 113

Works Cited 121

Index 127

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Massumi is Professor of Communication at the University of Montreal. He is the author of several books, including What Animals Teach Us about Politics and Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation, both also published by Duke University Press.