Description
Product ID: | 9781526155948 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Critical Theory and Contemporary Society |
Title: | Critical Theory and Feeling |
Subtitle: | The Affective Politics of the Early Frankfurt School |
Authors: | Author: Simon Mussell |
Page Count: | 168 |
Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Psychology: emotions, Political science and theory, Psychology: emotions, Political science & theory |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book examines the vital role of affect and feeling within the work of the early Frankfurt School. The author investigates a range of concepts - including melancholia, hope, (un)happiness, objects, and mimesis - and argues that a contemporary reading of critical theory needs to accommodate an adequate understanding of affect. This book examines the vital role of affect and feeling within the work of the early Frankfurt School. The author investigates a range of concepts – including melancholia, hope, (un)happiness, objects, and mimesis – and argues that a contemporary reading of critical theory needs to accommodate an adequate understanding of affect. -- . |
Imprint Name: | Manchester University Press |
Publisher Name: | Manchester University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2021-07-06 |