The Treadmill Affect
Marxism, Subjectivity, and the Present
Published on 19. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
100 pages
978-1-7346435-7-2 (ISBN)
Description
A critical synthesis of the work of Lauren Berlant, Moishe Postone, and Michael Silverstein.
The Treadmill Affect draws upon the work of three University of Chicago professors, each a former program director at the Center for Transcultural Studies: literary and cultural critic Lauren Berlant, historian and social theorist Moishe Postone, and linguist Michael Silverstein. Through this intellectual synthesis, Benjamin Lee demonstrates the critical possibilities of uniting a revived linguistic turn with Marxist accounts of affect and subjectivity, adding new dimensions to the "treadmill" affective structure of cruel optimism.
The Treadmill Affect draws upon the work of three University of Chicago professors, each a former program director at the Center for Transcultural Studies: literary and cultural critic Lauren Berlant, historian and social theorist Moishe Postone, and linguist Michael Silverstein. Through this intellectual synthesis, Benjamin Lee demonstrates the critical possibilities of uniting a revived linguistic turn with Marxist accounts of affect and subjectivity, adding new dimensions to the "treadmill" affective structure of cruel optimism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 172 mm
Width: 113 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
182 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7346435-7-2 (9781734643572)
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Person
Benjamin Lee is professor of anthropology and philosophy at the New School. He was formerly dean of the New School for Social Research and provost of the New School. He is also the former director of the Center for Transcultural Studies.