The Virtual as Affirmative Praxis: A Neo-Materialist Approach
This chapter addresses the resonances between the concept of the virtual and a material philosophy of life, based on heterogeneity, hybridity, and becoming. It outlines the basic tenet of this materialist philosophy and explores its implications, in relation to the notions of difference and becoming...
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| description | This chapter addresses the resonances between the concept of the virtual and a material philosophy of life, based on heterogeneity, hybridity, and becoming. It outlines the basic tenet of this materialist philosophy and explores its implications, in relation to the notions of difference and becoming. It, also, highlights the importance of an ethics of affirmation, which may balance the creative potential of critical thought with a dose of negative criticism and the oppositional consciousness that such a stance, necessarily, entails. Situating this project in the context of cognitive capitalism, it discusses the question of how to resist the injustice, violence, and exclusions of the times, our times, the better to resist them and engage with them in an affirmative manner. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-959959bd06db47c48e4d0fae5b8bc3592023-11-23T16:56:10ZengMDPI AGHumanities2076-07872022-05-011136210.3390/h11030062The Virtual as Affirmative Praxis: A Neo-Materialist ApproachRosi Braidotti0University of Utrecht, 3584 CS Utrecht, The NetherlandsThis chapter addresses the resonances between the concept of the virtual and a material philosophy of life, based on heterogeneity, hybridity, and becoming. It outlines the basic tenet of this materialist philosophy and explores its implications, in relation to the notions of difference and becoming. It, also, highlights the importance of an ethics of affirmation, which may balance the creative potential of critical thought with a dose of negative criticism and the oppositional consciousness that such a stance, necessarily, entails. Situating this project in the context of cognitive capitalism, it discusses the question of how to resist the injustice, violence, and exclusions of the times, our times, the better to resist them and engage with them in an affirmative manner.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/3/62Deleuzenew materialismbecomingaffirmative ethicsmissing peopleSpinoza |
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| title | The Virtual as Affirmative Praxis: A Neo-Materialist Approach |
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