Affect is not innocent: How affect can evolve into an ideological space.

While being affected, as the processural embodiment of emotions, is often seen with positive bias and as a literary or aesthetic quality, I will argue that affectivity is not restricted to emotive or aesthetical happenings, but that it opens ways to share ideologies through narratives. Due to affect...

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Publicado en:Journal of European Popular Culture Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 131 - 144
Autor principal: Van Tourhout, Benjamin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Intellect Ltd. Oct2020
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        Mirror neurons
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        Ethics
        Ideology
        Space
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