Clive Barnett

The Ascent of Affect

BY Clive Barnett, Felicity Callard, Phil Hutchinson, James Russell & Ruth Leys

I offer my analysis in the spirit of a “history of the present,” that is, as an attempt to understand the rise of a non-intentionalist “affect theory” in the light of the genealogy I have charted and to explain why I think the views being forwarded are a mistake.

On Problematization: Elaborations on a Theme in “Late Foucault”

BY Clive Barnett

Interpretations of the idea of problematization cut to the heart of different ways of engaging with Foucault’s ideas. It seems at first sight to provide a refined model of critical practice. On closer inspection, it turns out to be better interpreted as a contribution to a more descriptive understanding of the tasks of social inquiry.