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" Immaterial bodies : "
Lisa Blackman
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BL
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648068
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Blackman, Lisa,1965-
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Immaterial bodies : : affect, embodiment, mediation /\ Lisa Blackman
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Theory, culture & society
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xxv, 209 pages ;; 25 cm
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1849204721
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: 9781849204729
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: 9781446266854
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: 1446266850
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-205) and index
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| Contents
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The subject of affect : bodies, process, becoming -- The crowd and the problem of personality -- Mental touch : media technologies and the problem of telepathy -- The re-enchantment of materialism : affect and new materialisms -- Affect, energy, rhythm and transmission -- The problem of automatism : divided attention, voice hearing and machinic vision -- Neuroscience : the bicameral mind and the double brain
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"How might we understand entanglements of the mind, brain, body and world? And how can we develop creative forms of experimentation to enact these entanglements? In this unique contribution, Blackman focuses upon the affective capacities of bodies, human and non-human as well as addressing the challenges of the affective turn within social sciences. Fresh and convincing, this book uncovers the paradoxes and tensions in work in affect studies by focusing on practices and experiences, including voice hearing, suggestion, hypnosis, telepathy, the placebo effect, rhythm and related phenomena. Questioning the traditional idea of mind over matter, as well as discussing the danger of setting up a false distinction between the two, this book makes for an invaluable addition within cultural theory and the recent turn to affect. In a powerful and engaging matter, Blackman discusses the immaterial body across the neurosciences, physiology, media and cultural studies, body-studies, artwork, performance, psychology and psychoanalysis. Interdisciplinary in its core, this book is a must for everyone seeking a dynamic and thought provoking analysis of culture and communication today."--Publisher's website
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Human body-- Social aspects
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Mind and body
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Affect (Psychology)
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HM636.B53 2012
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