Cruel Optimism: Affect Theory and the Structure of Feeling
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The Affect Theory of Cruel Optimism
Lauren Berlin's book Cruel Optimism is considered a work of affect theory. Theory says that emotion springs from material conditions and can be politicized by events such as the global pandemic. "I didn't really think about emotional life as something that was just personal in some way," writes Berlin.
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