ISBN:
9781849204729
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (241 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
Parallel Title:
Print version Immaterial Bodies
DDC:
306.46
Keywords:
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Affektivität
;
Leib-Seele-Problem
Abstract:
In this unique contribution, Lisa Blackman focuses upon the affective capacities of bodies, human and non-human as well as addressing the challenges of the affective turn within social sciences. Fresh and convincing, Immaterial Bodies uncovers the paradoxes and tensions in work in affect studies by focusing on practices and experiences, including voice hearing, suggestion, hypnosis, telepathy, the placebo effect, rhythm and related phenomena. Questioning the traditional idea of mind over matter, as well as discussing the danger of setting up a false distinction between the two, this book makes
Description / Table of Contents:
COVER; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The Subject of Affect: Bodies, Process, Becoming; 2. The Crowd and The Problem of Personality; 3. Mental Touch: Media Technologies and the Problem of Telepathy; 4. The Re-enchantment of Materialism: Affect and New Materialisms; 5. Affect, Energy, Rhythm and Transmission; 6. The Problem of Automatism: Divided Attention,Voice Hearing and Machinic Vision; 7. Neuroscience: The Bicameral Mind and the Double Brain; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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