Introduction: Affect in the Present

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Affect in the Present 1
5. One. Cruel Optimism 23
6. Two. Intuitionists: History and the Affective Event 51
7. Three. Slow Death (Obesity, Sovereignty, Lateral Agency) 95
8. Four. Two Girls, Fat and Thin 121
9. Five. Nearly Utopian, Nearly Normal: Post- Fordist Affect in La Promesse and Rosetta 161
10. Six. After the Good Life, an Impasse: Time Out, Human Resources, and the Precarious Present 191
11. Seven. On the Desire for the Political 223
12. Note on the Cover Image: If Body: Riva and Zora in Middle Age 265
13. Notes 269
14. Bibliography 303
15. Index 327