Affective Connections

Towards a New Materialist Politics of Sympathy

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
Cover of the book Affective Connections by Dorota Golańska, Rowman & Littlefield International
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Dorota Golańska ISBN: 9781783489718
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International Publication: December 20, 2017
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield International Language: English
Author: Dorota Golańska
ISBN: 9781783489718
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
Publication: December 20, 2017
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield International
Language: English

Inspired by the philosophical framework of Deleuze and Guattari in relation to affect, Affective Connections disavows the dominant oppositional discourse around representation to offer an affirmative approach to perception, cognition and experience. It advances a new materialist concept of synaesthetic perception, where synaesthesia is understood as a union of senses. This idea offers a new figuration for thinking about our cognition, exploring the role of embodied experience and the agency of matter in the production of knowledge.

Looking at a number of memorials, memory sites and artworks relating to the Holocaust the book uses this idea of synaesthetic perception to explore trauma, memory and the production of art in relation to painful memories. In doing so, it demonstrates that modes of interacting with the past and encountering the lived experience of trauma can trigger a deeper understanding of these events and produce more complex forms of affective connections. It proposes a shift away from empathy towards sympathy (understood in new materialist terms), not just as a sentimental response to trauma but as an affective notion that allows for a more comprehensive grasp of experiences of discrimination, exclusion, suffering, or pain.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Inspired by the philosophical framework of Deleuze and Guattari in relation to affect, Affective Connections disavows the dominant oppositional discourse around representation to offer an affirmative approach to perception, cognition and experience. It advances a new materialist concept of synaesthetic perception, where synaesthesia is understood as a union of senses. This idea offers a new figuration for thinking about our cognition, exploring the role of embodied experience and the agency of matter in the production of knowledge.

Looking at a number of memorials, memory sites and artworks relating to the Holocaust the book uses this idea of synaesthetic perception to explore trauma, memory and the production of art in relation to painful memories. In doing so, it demonstrates that modes of interacting with the past and encountering the lived experience of trauma can trigger a deeper understanding of these events and produce more complex forms of affective connections. It proposes a shift away from empathy towards sympathy (understood in new materialist terms), not just as a sentimental response to trauma but as an affective notion that allows for a more comprehensive grasp of experiences of discrimination, exclusion, suffering, or pain.

More books from Rowman & Littlefield International

Cover of the book Heidegger in Russia and Eastern Europe by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Foundations of the Everyday by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Affect and Social Media by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Practising Rhythmanalysis by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Immortality and the Philosophy of Death by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Negotiating Gender, Policy and Politics in the Caribbean by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Cultural Studies 50 Years On by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book The Cultural Work of Community Radio by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Technology, Modernity, and Democracy by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book The Dialectic of Duration by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book It's Not About the Gift by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Inclusion and Exclusion in Europe by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book The Existence of the Mixed Race Damnés by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Deepening EU-Ukrainian Relations by Dorota Golańska
Cover of the book Critique as Social Practice by Dorota Golańska
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy