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The Affect Theory Reader by Melissa Gregg and Gregory J. Seigworth (Editors) is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Affect Theory Reader about?

This field-defining collection consolidates and builds momentum in the burgeoning area of affect studies. The contributors include many 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 Massumi theorizes the affective logic of public threat, and Elspeth Probyn examines shame, they, along with the other contributors, show how an awareness of affect is opening up exciting new insights in disciplines from anthropology, cultural studies, geography, and psychology to philosophy, queer studies, and sociology. In essays diverse in subject matter, style, and perspective, the contributors demonstrate how affect theory illuminates the intertwined realms of the aesthetic, the ethical, and the political as they play out across bodies (human and non-human) in both mundane and extraordinary ways. They reveal the broad theoretical possibilities opened by an awareness of affect as they reflect on topics including ethics, food, public morale, glamor, snark in the workplace, and mental health

Who reads The Affect Theory Reader?

Author

Melissa Gregg and Gregory J. Seigworth (Editors)

Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822393047

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Family & Relationships, Psychology, History

Rating

3.87 / 5 (187 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14