The Power at the End of the Economy by Brian Massumi (English) Paperback Book

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In his latest book, the influential critic Brian Massumi offers a new theory of political economy that demonstrates how emotional, affective and nonconscious decisions work together with rational self-interest in the shaping of neoliberalism. Massumi's analysis shows the potential for a new anti-capitalist politics.

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Rational self-interest is often seen as being at the heart of liberal economic theory. In The Power at the End of the Economy Brian Massumi provides an alternative explanation, arguing that neoliberalism is grounded in complex interactions between the rational and the emotional. Offering a new theory of political economy that refuses the liberal prioritization of individual choice, Massumi emphasizes the means through which an individual's affective tendencies resonate with those of others on infra-individual and transindividual levels. This nonconscious dimension of social and political events plays out in ways that defy the traditional equation between affect and the irrational. Massumi uses the Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement as examples to show how transformative action that exceeds self-interest takes place. Drawing from David Hume, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Niklas Luhmann and the field of nonconsciousness studies, Massumi urges a rethinking of the relationship between rational choice and affect, arguing for a reassessment of the role of sympathy in political and economic affairs.

Author Biography

Brian Massumi is Professor of Communication at the University of Montreal. He is the author of several books, including What Animals Teach Us about Politics and Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation, both also published by Duke University Press.

Table of Contents

1. The Inmost End 1The Market in Wonderland 2System Distrust 6Collapse of the Affective Wave Packet 102. A Doing Done through Me 19Deliberation without Attention 21Jamming Rational Choice 24The Primes of Life 26Toward a Politics of Dividualism 32Double Involuntary / Autonomy of Decision 36Fielding the Event 43Tribunals of Reason 48Finessing the Event 533. Beyond Self-Interest 57Your Life or My Little Finger? 58Contiguity, Most Distant 65The Argument from Intensity 68The Other Sign of Passion 73A Freedom of the Event 79The Flashpoint of Sympathy 84Toward an Anticapitalist Art of the Event 93Supplements I. The Affective Tasks of Reason 97II. Keywords for Affect 103Notes 113Works Cited 121Index 127

Review

"Behavioral economists who study the psychology of decision making should engage this study of potential, virtual, and kinetic emotions, given that emotions are what move people to action.  Going beyond Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri's Commonwealth and Timothy Wilson's Strangers to Ourselves, this is a book for those interested in cultural theory. … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." -- K. Tölölyan * Choice *"... powerful and convincing in its theoretically innovative, productive intertwining of political philosophy, cognitive psychology and Luhmann's systems theory." -- Hannah Richter * Constructivist Foundations *"Massumi's interventions regarding affect, neoliberalism, and politics are undoubtedly original, and provocative. The book pierces to the heart of the neoliberalism's most basic premises about rationality, self-interest, and economic behavior."  -- Anita Chari * Theory & Event *

Review Quote

"... powerful and convincing in its theoretically innovative, productive intertwining of political philosophy, cognitive psychology and Luhmann's systems theory."

Details ISBN0822358387 Author Brian Massumi Publisher Duke University Press ISBN-10 0822358387 ISBN-13 9780822358381 Short Title POWER AT THE END OF THE ECONOM Language English Media Book Format Paperback Pages 144 Year 2014 Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2014-12-29 AU Release Date 2014-12-29 NZ Release Date 2014-12-29 US Release Date 2014-12-29 Publication Date 2014-12-29 Alternative 9780822358244 DEWEY 301.01 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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