Critical Affect: The Politics of Method

Critical Affect bridges the gap between critical and post-critical methods in social and cultural theory, emphasizing the emotional complexity of critique and its enduring value for the turn to affect and ontology. It explores the ethical considerations in practicing theory and offers a new approach to the critical study of affect.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2022
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Critical Affect emerges as a transformative force, traversing the current impasse between critical and post-critical methodologies in social and cultural theory. It delves into the intricate emotional dimensions of critique, charting its enduring significance in the shift towards affect and ontology. Through a series of captivating close readings, Barnwell vividly demonstrates how suspicion and decoding techniques remain vital in both civic and academic realms, where the quest for truth verification remains one of the most polarizing and thought-provoking issues of our time. By situating current debates within the enduring ethical dialogues surrounding the representation of lived experience, from the Two Cultures debate to the Science Wars, this book poses crucial questions about the ethics of practicing theory and presents a novel approach to the critical study of affect.

Critical Affect emerges as a transformative force, traversing the current impasse between critical and post-critical methodologies in social and cultural theory. It delves into the intricate emotional dimensions of critique, charting its enduring significance in the shift towards affect and ontology. Through a series of captivating close readings, Barnwell vividly demonstrates how suspicion and decoding techniques remain vital in both civic and academic realms, where the quest for truth verification remains one of the most polarizing and thought-provoking issues of our time. By situating current debates within the enduring ethical dialogues surrounding the representation of lived experience, from the Two Cultures debate to the Science Wars, this book poses crucial questions about the ethics of practicing theory and presents a novel approach to the critical study of affect.

Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474451338