Introduction to Affect Theory: Brian Massumi & Eve Sedgwick

Affect Theory is a field that arose out of the ‘affective turn’ of the mid-90’s, influenced by thinkers like Spinoza, Bergson and Deleuze. I take a look at some of the foundational ideas, especially through the work of Brian Massumi (Parables of the Virtual) and Eve Sedgwick (Touching Feeling). The video looks at attempts to overcome the dualistic mind-body divide, so dominant in western thought. I also look at how Sedgwick draws upon the work of Judith Butler and Performative Utterances. Original Score by August Aghast: Affected Servant of Two Masters Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/augustaghast Twitter: https://twitter.com/augustaghast Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/2ykJe6L Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Sources: Melissa Greg and Gregory J. Seigworth, The Affect Theory Reader Patricia Ticineti Clough with Jean Halley, The Affective Turn Brian Massumi, Parables of the Virtual Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Touching, Feeling Ruth Leys, The Turn to Affect: A Critique, Critical Inquriry, 27, 3 (2011) Credits: Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from https://www.videvo.net Arrows Animation created by MultiVerse Studio / #MVStudio →Please Subscribe Youtube: https://goo.gl/XPHJRk →Watch More Green Screen Effects: https://goo.gl/xWUbiY →Follow Us On Twitter: https://twitter.com/Team_MVM Eve Sedgwick Photo: I, DavidShankbone [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eve_Kosofsky_Sedgwick_by_David_Shankbone.jpg