{"title":"Brian Massumi","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrian Massumi's work explores the intersections of philosophy, psychology, and social theory, with a particular focus on the nuances of affect and emotion in shaping human experience. His writings challenge conventional understandings of politics and perception, inviting readers to reconsider how everyday feelings influence social and political life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in contemporary thought will find Massumi's texts both intellectually stimulating and deeply insightful, offering fresh perspectives on the dynamics of fear, power, and embodiment. His work is essential for those engaged with critical theory and the philosophy of experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"politics-of-affect-by-brian-massumi-9780745689821","title":"Politics of Affect","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe capacity to affect and to be affected\u003c\/em\u003e. This simple definition opens a world of questions—by indicating an openness to the world. To affect and to be affected is to be in encounter, and to be in encounter is to have already ventured forth. Adventure: far from being enclosed in the interiority of a subject, affect concerns an immediate participation in the events of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is about intensities of experience. What is politics made of, if not adventures of encounter? What are encounters, if not adventures of relation? The moment we begin to speak of affect, we are already venturing into the political dimension of relational encounter. This is the dimension of experience in-the-making. This is the level at which politics is emergent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these wide-ranging interviews, Brian Massumi explores this emergent politics of affect, weaving between philosophy, political theory, and everyday life. The discussions wend their way 'transversally': passing between the tired oppositions which too often encumber thought, such as subject\/object, body\/mind, and nature\/culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNew concepts are gradually introduced to remap the complexity of relation and encounter for a politics of emergence: 'differential affective attunement', 'collective individuation', 'micropolitics', 'thinking-feeling', 'ontopower', and 'immanent critique'. These concepts are not offered as definitive solutions. Rather, they are designed to move the inquiry still further, for an ongoing exploration of the political problems posed by affect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolitics of Affect\u003c\/em\u003e offers an accessible entry-point into the work of one of the defining figures of the last quarter century, as well as opening up new avenues for philosophical reflection and political engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597522944236,"sku":"9780745689821","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/45704c9f381b58b1e5ab3c91a37fffdf.jpg?v=1777958163"},{"product_id":"politics-of-everyday-fear-by-brian-massumi-9780816621637","title":"Politics of Everyday Fear","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePolitics of Everyday Fear\u003c\/em\u003e, the contemporary consumer is bombarded with fear-inducing images and information. This media shower of imagery is equalled only by the sheer quantity of fear-assuaging products offered for our consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributors address questions raised by the saturation of social space by capitalised fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597523042540,"sku":"9780816621637","price":78.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780816621637-politics-of-everyday-fear.jpg?v=1777955438"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/brian-massumi.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}