Affective Networks

This article sets out the idea of affective networks as a constitutive feature of communicative capitalism. It explores the circulation of intensities in contemporary information and communication networks, arguing that this circulation should be theorized in terms of the psychoanalytic notion of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jodi Dean
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Libraries 2010
Subjects:
technoculture
feedback
drive
affect
psychoanalysis
networks
communication
information
capitalism
blogs
neoliberalism
Visual arts
N1-9211
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Terranova
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a71e7a4a7a4d4a6e99fa53dcc4f645df
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Summary:This article sets out the idea of affective networks as a constitutive feature of communicative capitalism. It explores the circulation of intensities in contemporary information and communication networks, arguing that this circulation should be theorized in terms of the psychoanalytic notion of the drive. The article includes critical engagements with theorists such as Guy Debord, Jacques Lacan, Tiziana Terranova, and Slavoj Zizek.

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