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Bergson and Affect - by Miguel José Paley (Hardcover)

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  • This book is a philosophical study of the concept of affect in the thought of Henri Bergson.
  • Author(s): Miguel José Paley
  • 208 Pages
  • Philosophy, Movements

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This book presents the first detailed study of Bergson's philosophy of Affect.



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This book is a philosophical study of the concept of affect in the thought of Henri Bergson. It provides an account of the place and evolution of the idea throughout Bergson's works and argues that an understanding of the changing nature of this central concept reveals important ruptures in Bergson's own philosophical development. As Bergson shows, affectivity plays a central role in philosophical thinking about consciousness. In his early work, Bergson's describes an embodied, temporal subject whose very subjectivity relies on a productive notion of affectivity. As his thought develops, however, Bergson's metaphysics take an increasingly utilitarian turn characterized by the minimization of affectivity. Through a series of transformations, disappearances, and displacements, affectivity comes to qualify the way Bergson understands everything from the body, to subjectivity, to life as such. The book concludes by discussing the pivotal role these ideas played in how Bergson was received by 20th Century phenomenology.



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Paley sets himself the ambitious task of uncovering an "affective Bergson." Since Bergson rarely speaks of affect directly, the question has to be excavated, disentangled, and reconstructed from other lines of argument. This is what Paley accomplishes as he works through Bergson's entire oeuvre with remarkable clarity, economy and rigor. His sustained and respectful challenge to Deleuze's reading of Bergson marks a turning point in Bergson studies -- creating an opening beyond the "New Bergson" - even as it casts new light on questions of affect, and, indeed, of life.--Suzanne Guerlac, University of California, Berkeley.

At once historical and urgent, this book recovers the freshness of early Bergson--the revolution of Time and Free Will and Matter and Memory--through the most vital topic: how affect and embodiment shape selfhood and subjectivity. Paley changes how we read Bergson and why he matters.--Alexandre Lefebvre, University of Sydney
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.43 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: Movements
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Theme: Phenomenology
Format: Hardcover
Author: Miguel José Paley
Language: English
Street Date: March 31, 2026
TCIN: 1004984203
UPC: 9781399544719
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-3218
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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