Political affect : connecting the social and the somatic / John Protevi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Protevi, John, 1955-

Series:

Posthumanities ; 7.

Posthumanities ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Political science--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For many philosophers, the rational cognitive (Cartesian) subject defines the human, or at least defines what humans should be. Yet some recent cognitive science, as well as the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari, has called into question such individuality and rationality and emphasized social and emotional subjectivity. Understanding such embodied and embedded subjectivity, John Protevi argues, demands the notion of bodies politic.In Political Affect, Protevi investigates the relationship between the social and the somatic: how our bodies, minds, and social settings are

Contents:

A concept of bodies politic

Above, below, and alongside the subject

Bodies politic

Bodies politic as organisms

The organism in Aristotle and Kant

The anorganic body in Deleuze and Guattari

Love, rage, and fear

Terri Schiavo : the somatic body politic

The Columbine High School massacre : the transverse body politic

Hurricane Katrina : the governmental body politic.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7071-4

OCLC:

593240088