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Cruel Optimism: Affect Theory and the Structure of Feeling

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Sep 29, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Cruel Optimism: A Diagnosis
01:37 • 3min
3
The Affect Theory of Cruel Optimism
04:11 • 4min
4
The Importance of Collective Social Experiences
08:01 • 3min
5
The Relationship Between Affect Theory and Psychoanalysis
11:01 • 6min
6
The Role of Attachment to Consumption in Capitalism
16:40 • 5min
7
How to Tear Down the Barrier to Change
22:07 • 4min
8
The Importance of Compassion in Union Organization
26:32 • 5min
9
The Emotional Appeal of Trump
31:51 • 2min
10
The Power of Emotions in Politics
34:01 • 5min
11
The Visceral Emotional Dimension of Trump's Appeal to Rationality
38:44 • 5min
12
The Power of Hating Others
43:34 • 5min
13
The Role of the Death Drive on the Right
48:04 • 3min
14
The Death Drive and the Death Drive
50:49 • 3min
15
The Pleasure of Turning Away From the Climate Crisis
54:15 • 4min
16
The Relationship Between Meditation and Psychoanalysis
57:46 • 6min
17
The Power of Pleasure
01:03:34 • 4min
18
The Therapeutic Psychological Emotional Benefits of Spending Regular Time in Nature
01:07:06 • 2min
19
What Can Literature Offer Us in These Anxiety Ridden and Uncertain Times?
01:08:45 • 5min
20
The History of Art Female Friendship and Liberation in the 1960s
01:14:01 • 3min
21
How to Be a Better Writer in the Face of Adversity
01:17:23 • 2min
22
The Mess I Made Was Fun
01:18:55 • 4min