This interview presents an in-depth interview with Brian Massumi,a renowned contemporary cultural theorist.Professor Massumi builds upon the philosophical ideas of Whitehead,Deleuze,and others,focusing his research on...This interview presents an in-depth interview with Brian Massumi,a renowned contemporary cultural theorist.Professor Massumi builds upon the philosophical ideas of Whitehead,Deleuze,and others,focusing his research on embodied experience philosophy,art and media theory,and cultural political theory.His article“The Autonomy of Affect”is widely recognized as marking a major theoretical shift in contemporary humanities research—the affective turn.This interview explores the contemporary significance of Deleuzian thought,the theoretical core of the affective turn and its interplay with process philosophy,and the political potential of art as a field of practice for nonsensuous similarity.The interview also reflects critically on the current affective turn in the humanities,addresses related controversies,and envisions art's experimental role in political potentiality and collective becoming.展开更多
基金supported by the China Scholarship Council(CSC202408310006)The Fonds de recherche du Québec-Nature et technologies(PBEEE358267)。
文摘This interview presents an in-depth interview with Brian Massumi,a renowned contemporary cultural theorist.Professor Massumi builds upon the philosophical ideas of Whitehead,Deleuze,and others,focusing his research on embodied experience philosophy,art and media theory,and cultural political theory.His article“The Autonomy of Affect”is widely recognized as marking a major theoretical shift in contemporary humanities research—the affective turn.This interview explores the contemporary significance of Deleuzian thought,the theoretical core of the affective turn and its interplay with process philosophy,and the political potential of art as a field of practice for nonsensuous similarity.The interview also reflects critically on the current affective turn in the humanities,addresses related controversies,and envisions art's experimental role in political potentiality and collective becoming.
