Bodies, affects, politics : the clash of bodily regimes

Author(s)

• Pile, Steve

Bibliographic Information

Bodies, affects, politics : the clash of bodily regimes

Steve Pile

（RGS-IBG book series）

Wiley, 2021

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-191) and index

Summary: "Today, London is quieter than I have ever known it to be. The skies above undisturbed by the noise of planes, no white vapour trails scratching the brilliant blue. The East Coast mainline normally rumbles with heavy goods trains punctuated by the shattering sound of fast inter-city services, but not for the last two weeks. Normally, the day is interrupted by at least one low-level fly-over by a police helicopter, but not recently. The hum of traffic is notably subdued, as when snow falls, muffling sound, preventing vehicles from moving around the city. This quieting, however, is not a sign that the city is calmer, rested, at peace. Instead, the quiet feels more like frustration, determination and a low level anxiety that threatens to break cover. As I wait patiently in the queue for my local supermarket, I am paying attention to who is - and who is not - wearing face coverings, but especially noting the facemasks. Facemasks are as sure a measure of the level of anxiety and fear in the city as the in

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book seeks to understand the coexistence of bodily regimes and the politics that emerge from the clash between them: Presents a novel conceptual model for understanding the relationship between bodies and affects Reworks Ranciere's notions of the distribution of the sensible and the aesthetic unconscious Establishes a dynamic and multiple understanding of the repressive, distributive and communicative unconscious by rethinking Freudian psychoanalysis Utilizes a variety of empirical materials, from Hollywood movies to Freud's case studies Sets its argument about politics within the context of significant social events to ensure its conceptual and empirical material is relevant to the contemporary political moment

Table of Contents

List of Figures vi Series Editors' Preface viii Preface ix 1 Introduction: Bodies, Affects and Their Politicisation 1 2 Dislocated by Epidermal Schemas: Skin, Race and a Proper Place for the Body 27 3 The Chafing of Bodily Regimes: Skin and the Corporeal Model of the Ego 49 4 Bodies, Affects and Their Passionate Forms: Animal Phobias and the Topologies of Bodily and Psychic Space 70 5 The Worldliness of Unconscious Processes: The Repressive and Distributive Functions of the Unconscious 91 6 The Transference of Affect: The Communicative Function of the Unconscious 113 7 Crazy about Their Bodies: The Art-work of Sharon Kivland and the Politics of the Female Body 136 8 Conclusion: Bodies, Affects, Politics 158 References 179 Index 192

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• NCID: BC02566612
• ISBN:
  • 9781118901984
• LCCN: 2020038677
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hoboken, NJ
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 206 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM636
  • DC23 : 306.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human body -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Human body -- Political aspects
  • LCSH : Social distance -- History -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Communities -- History -- 21st century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA54554768