The Transmission of Affect

↻ 2026-05-17

The book is interdisciplinary, for sure: psychoanalysis, endocrinology, theology, classical philosophy, social theory. The argument is large, the material in the last couple chapters is sketchier than the first several. Historical claims about premodern openness are more asserted than demonstrated, but the central provocation (affects are not your private property) is pretty cool, strange, and easily understood experientially.

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