| Critical Theory and Feeling: The Affective Politics of the Early Frankfurt School Contributor(s): Mussell, Simon (Author), Schecter, Darrow (Editor) |
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ISBN: 152615594X ISBN-13: 9781526155948 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Critical Theory - Psychology | Emotions - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.54 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a unique and timely reading of the early Frankfurt School in response to the recent 'affective turn' within the arts and humanities. Resisting the overly rationalist tendencies of political philosophy, it argues that critical theory actively cultivates a powerful connection between thinking and feeling, and rediscovers a range of often neglected concepts that were of vital importance to the first generation of critical theorists, including melancholia, hope, (un)happiness, objects and mimesis. In doing so, it brings the dynamic work of Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Ernst Bloch and Siegfried Kracauer into conversation with more recent debates around politics and affect. An important intervention in the fields of affect studies and social and political thought, Critical theory and feeling shows that sensuous experience is at the heart of the Frankfurt School's affective politics. |