{"product_id":"political-affect-connecting-the-social-and-the-somatic-paperback-softback-9780816665105","title":"Political Affect; Connecting the Social and the Somatic (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816665105","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitical Affect\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConnecting the Social and the Somatic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Protevi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816665105\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 October 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.356 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePolitical Affect\u003c\/i\u003e, Protevi investigates the relationship between the social and the somatic: how our bodies, minds, and social settings are intricately and intimately linked. Bringing together concepts from science, philosophy, and politics, he develops a perspective he calls political physiology to indicate that subjectivity is socially conditioned and sometimes bypassed in favor of a direct connection of the social and the somatic, as with the politically triggered basic emotions of rage and panic. Protevi's treatment of affective cognition in social context breaks new theoretical ground, insisting that subjectivity be studied both in its embodied expression and in terms of the distribution of affective cognitive responses in a population.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving beyond the theoretical, Protevi applies his concept of political affect to show how unconscious emotional valuing shaped three recent, emotionally charged events: the cold rage of the Columbine High School slayings, the racialized panic that delayed rescue efforts in Hurricane Katrina, and the twists and turns of empathy occasioned by the Terry Schiavo case. These powerful individual and collective political events require new philosophical understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. A Concept of Bodies Politic\u003cbr\u003e 1. Above, Below, and Alongside the Subject\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bodies Politic\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Bodies Politic as Organisms\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Organism in Aristotle and Kant\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Anorganic Body in Deleuze and Guattari\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Love, Rage, and Fear\u003cbr\u003e 5. Terri Schiavo: The Somatic Body Politic\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Columbine High School Massacre: The Transverse Body Politic\u003cbr\u003e 7. Hurricane Katrina: The Governmental Body Politic\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Publication History \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670816157976,"sku":"9780816665105","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/political-affect-connecting-the-social-and-the-somatic-paperback-softback-9780816665105","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}