Feminism
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"Micropolitics can be understood as an "assemblage of techniques and disciplines that impinge on the lower register of sensibility and judgement without necessarily or immediately engaging the conscious intellect" (Connolly, 2001, p.33). One object of such a politics is what Connolly calls the "visceral" domain where "thought-imbued intensities below the reach of feeling" dispose the individual in a particular ways, with a seldom acknowledged impact on macropolitical interactions" (p.13).
"What we perceived as a "positive possibility in the visceral register" was the intersubjectively energized disposition to be moved, the willingness not to be attached to a single and centered narrative or set of emotions" (p.17).
"An ethos of engagement is an aspect of a politics of becoming, where subjects are made anew through engaging with others" (p.27).
"....the process involves waiting as well as cultivating" (p.27).
"...the relation of language and affect" (p.27).
"And trust can only be engendered through multiple opportunities for engagement (the terms she uses are "conversations" and "relationships")" (p.27). .... "how difficult is is to create a context of trust where things can actually be built... and you've just got to be patient... and it's just a lot of talk... and the people that are doers, that are too impatient, you just hold a place at the table for them." (p.28).
Formele omschrijving
Summary on the article An Ethics of the Local (2001) forthcoming in Rethinking Marxism
Schema: ZHDSM scheme,
Context: ZHDSM context
Verwant: The Encounter