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Affective Arrangements and Disclosive Postures. Towards a Post-Phenomenology of Situated Affectivity

Phänomenologische Forschungen (Cover)

Phänomenologische Forschungen (Cover)

Slaby, Jan – 2018

In this paper, I explore links between the phenomenology-inspired philosophy of emotion, especially discussions of affective intentionality and situated affectivity, and those strands of work in the field of cultural affect studies that take their inspiration fromSpinoza and Deleuze. As bridges between these fields, I propose the concepts ‘disclosive posture’ and ‘affective arrangement’. ‘Disclosive posture’ condenses insights from phenomenological work on affectivity, especially those pertaining to what Heidegger calls Befindlichkeit. ‘Affective arrangement’ is a descendant of Deleuze and Guattari’s term agencement. It refers to heterogeneous ensembles of elements coalescing into a sphere of heightened affective intensity in a local setting. I develop this notion into a tool for analyzing situated affectivity. As it does not yet figure prominently within debates in the philosophy of emotion, I will outline what is meant by ‘affective arrangement’ in some detail. Throughout, I discuss a productive tension between these two conceptual strands.

Title
Affective Arrangements and Disclosive Postures
Author
Slaby, Jan
Date
2018
Identifier
DOI: 10.28937/1000108209
Appeared in
Phänomenologische Forschungen 2018-2
Language
eng
Type
Text
Size or Duration
pp. 177–196