In a previous post, I wrote about Brian Massumi’s idea of preemptive logic, which he also describes as a kind … More
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 … More
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 … More
Resonance capability, continued
This post continues a line of thinking from previous posts on affect and resonance capability. Affect is all about resonance capability. … More
Love as Passion
These are a few notes and reflections on the early chapters of Luhmann’s Love as Passion: The Codification of Intimacy … More
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 … More
