The Aesthetics of Collective Agency : Corporations, Communities and Crowds in the Twenty-First Century.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knewitz, Simone., author.

Contributor:

Mueller, Stefanie.

Arndt, Maria.

Ingwersen, Moritz.

Nitzke, Solvejg.

Schober, Regina.

Temmen, Jens.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Nitzke Solvejg : Solvejg Nitzke (Dr. phil.), geb. 1985, ist Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaftlerin und vertritt derzeit die Professur für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Sie erforscht prekäre Naturen in der populären Literatur und Kultur des 19. Jahrhundert, Klima und Katastrophen, Science- Fiction und Verschwörungsnarrative. Von 2021 bis 2023 leitete sie das von der Fritz- Thyssen-Stiftung geförderte Projekt »Fremde Verwandtschaft. Eine Kulturpoetik der Bäume«, das untersucht, wie Menschen und Bäume durch das Erzählen neu in Beziehung gebracht werden. Publikationen (Auswahl): »Arboreale Poetik, oder: Mit Bäumen erzählen«, in: Stephanie Heimgarter/Solvejg Nitzke/Simone Sauer Kretschmer (Hg.): Baum und Text, Berlin: Bachmann 2020, S. 165-196; Arboreal Imaginaries, Hg. Mit Helga Braunbeck, Special Issue. Green Letters 4 (2021). Kontaktszenen, Hg. Mit Lars Koch und Niels Werber, Sonderheft. Lili, 3 (2022).

Summary:

This volume explores the evolving forms of collective agency in the twenty-first century, particularly in the context of social movements, digital environments, and cultural practices. Edited by Simone Knewitz and Stefanie Mueller, the book examines critical futures at the intersection of environmental humanities, speculative fiction, and science and technology studies. It highlights the role of collective agency in addressing social justice movements such as Black Lives Matter, MeToo, and Fridays for Future, while also interrogating the influence of corporations, communities, and crowds. With a focus on interdisciplinary analysis, the work sheds light on the challenges and opportunities of contemporary activism, digital technologies, and the aesthetics of collective action. It is an essential resource for scholars and readers interested in cultural studies, social movements, and the dynamics of collective organization in modern society. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

The Aesthetics of Collective Agency: An Introduction

Works Cited

I. Key Concepts

Collective Agency

“Devitalized Agency”: Political Subjectivity under Neoliberalism

The Subject of Politics: Constructing Collective Identities

The People vs. the Multitude: Models of Collectivity

Beyond Horizontality vs. Verticality: Collective Agency in the Twenty‐First Century

Crowd

Introduction: Affecting Ambiguities

The Crowd and Its Discourse—Then/Now, Physical/Virtual

The Crowd in Digital Media

Crowdification: On the Production and Productivity of a Social Figure

Affordance

Genre

Institutionality

Temporalities

Digital Affect

Digital Affects and Network Effects

Invisible Infrastructures and the “Digital Banal”

Artificial Intelligence and Black Box Affect

II. Digital Environments Generated by AI.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783839468159

3839468159

OCLC:

1490383750

Publisher Number:

10.14361/9783839468159