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Desire is a term often used in conjunction with the subject. This desire is directed towards the real, which is defined as the generic core of the linguistic order. As a result of the focus on affect, the three terms—desire, the subject, the real—have been fundamentally shaken up and called into question. Affect, in various forms, is now a matter of concern across a wide range of disciplines including neuroscience, psychology, the humanities, and social sciences. All of these fields have a declared interest in affect, in emotions and sensations, in pathos, passions, and the senses.
Desire After Affect argues that this affective euphoria cannot be explained solely in terms of a repression of language, logos, and reason. It argues that the affective turn is symptomatic of a fundamental shift in modes of thinking about the human condition. It explores what this means for the human and the posthuman, animal and machine, and calls for a new theory of subjectivation, a philosophy of media affect.
Contents
Acknowledgments/ Foreword by Patricia T. Clough/ Introduction/ 1 Affective Troubles in Media and Art/ 2 Human / Posthuman/Transhuman/ 3 Affect versus Drive, or the Battle over Representation/ 4 Virtual Sex and Other Metamorphoses/5 Sexualizing Affect/ Postscript: A New Affective Organization/ Bibliography/ Index