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Relational Affect

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Slaby, Jan – 2016

Philosophers of emotion tend to construe affective phenomena as individual mental states with intentional content. Against this broad consensus, I propose an account of affectivity as relational dynamics between individuals within social domains. ‘Relational affects’ are not individual feeling states but affective interactions in relational scenes, either between two or more interactants or between an agent and aspects of her material environment. In spelling out this proposal, I draw on recent work in cultural ‘affect studies’ and bring it in conversation with approaches to emotional intentionality in philosophy. In particular, I transpose the normativepragmatic approach to emotional intentionality developed by Bennett W. Helm into a transpersonal framework. This reorientation helps to make visible micro-dynamics of affect in social settings that often have problematic political implications. I use the contemporary white-collar workplace as an exemplary domain to illustrate this.

Titel
Relational Affect
Verfasser
Slaby, Jan
Verlag
SFB 1171 Affective Societies
Ort
Berlin
Datum
2016
Kennung
DOI: 10.17169/refubium-21646
Erschienen in
Working Paper SFB 1171 Affective Societies 02/16
Sprache
eng
Art
Text