{"product_id":"9781501333798","title":"Distillations Theory, Ethics, Affect","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDistillations\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTheory, Ethics, Affect\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMari Ruti\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Movements \/ Critical Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDistilling into concise and focused formulations many of the main ideas that Mari Ruti has sought to articulate throughout her writing career, this book reflects on the general state of contemporary theory as it relates to posthumanist ethics, political resistance, subjectivity, agency, desire, and bad feelings such as anxiety. It offers a critique of progressive theory's tendency to advance extreme models of revolt that have little real-life applicability. The chapters move fluidly between several theoretical registers, the most obvious of these being continental philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, Butlerian ethics, affect theory, and queer theory. One of the central aims of \u003ci\u003eDistillations \u003c\/i\u003eis to explore the largely uncharted territory between psychoanalysis and affect theory, which are frequently pitted against each other as hopelessly incompatible, but which Ruti shows can be brought into a productive dialogue.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMari Ruti \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished Professor of Critical Theory and of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada, and, in 2016-2017, Visiting Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University, USA (a position she also held in 2014-2015). She is the author of eleven books, including \u003ci\u003eBetween Levinas and Lacan \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2015), \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Scientific Sexism\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2015), and \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Opting Out \u003c\/i\u003e(2017). She is co-series editor of the book series Psychoanalytic Horizons (Bloomsbury).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 August 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501333798\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e254\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332511826060,"sku":"9781501333798","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_9fd20535-c644-40a0-8c0b-823da35b8dd4.jpg?v=1783603724","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781501333798","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}