In a previous post, I wrote about Brian Massumi’s idea of preemptive logic, which he also describes as a kind of affective (rather than rational
Category: Affect Theory
Structural coupling and self-irritation
In discussing structural coupling, Luhmann writes, In their irritability . . . both consciousness systems and the communication system society are completely autonomous. Irritations arise
Affect, emotion, and resonance capability
This is a draft of a paper I will present at the University of East Anglia this week. My aim in this paper is to
Resonance capability, continued
This post continues a line of thinking from previous posts on affect and resonance capability. Affect is all about resonance capability. For instance, in teaching we
Love as Passion
These are a few notes and reflections on the early chapters of Luhmann’s Love as Passion: The Codification of Intimacy (English translation, 1986). Marriage based
Response to Paul Stenner’s article on Emotion and Luhmann
After some discussion and further reading, I now see some of what I say here as confused, but I will leave the post here. Paul Stenner
