The Politics of Feeling

Symposium 24 (2):144-167 (2020)
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The work of Sara Ahmed and Judith Butler exemplifies a recent concern with the politics of affect. Their distinctive contributions are informed by phenomenological accounts of passivity and agency. They view affect as critical to the articulation of social and political space, as well as to the individuation of embodied agents; for each, affect is key to an account of critical engagement. Their at-tention to affective economies also reflects their concern with the dynamics of exclusion, concealment, and marginalization, and thus their powerful insights into the politics of affect contribute to our understanding of the role that affect plays in both the formation of normative orientations over time, and also to their potential disruption and transformation.Le travail de Sara Ahmed et Judith Butler illustre une préoccupation récente pour la politique de l’affect. Leurs contributions distinctives sont éclairées par des récits phénoménologiques de passivité et d’agentivité. Elles considèrent l’affect comme essentiel à l’articulation de l’espace social et politique, ainsi qu’à l’individuation des agents incarnés; pour chacune, l’affect est la clé d’engagement critique. Leur attention aux économies affectives reflète également leur préoccupation pour les dynamiques d’exclusion, de dissimulation et de marginalisation, et ainsi leur puissante connaissance de la politique de l’affect contribue à notre compréhension du rôle que joue l’affect dans le modelage des orientations normatives au fil du temps et leur perturbation et trans-formation potentielles.

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Alexandra Morrison
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