GLIB
5105

Time and Subjectivity: Affect Theory

New School for Social Research: Liberal Studies

Liberal Arts
Graduate Course
Degree Students (with Restrictions)
Time and Subjectivity
Fall 2024
Taught By: Benjamin Lee
Section: A

CRN: 17332

Credits: 3

This course will investigate a contradiction in our “fashion of speaking” about time and how it interacts with our notions of subjectivity, especially affect theory. It will ask the question how do time, subjectivity, and affect interact in our understanding of contemporary capitalism? Starting with the famous debate between Henri Bergson and Albert Einstein in Paris in 1922, it led to “two cultures” of natural sciences and the humanities that exist to this very day. Our framing of the problem will stem from Sianne Ngai's essay on the gimmick and the first three chapters of Lauren Berlant's Cruel Optimism. We will examine the interaction between time and subjectivity link through Marxism, neoliberal capitalism, semiotic/linguistics, and the philosophy of language.

College: New School for Social Research (GF)

Department: Liberal Studies (LBS)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 18

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 1:54am EDT 10/9/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 1:55pm - 3:45pm
Building: Eugene Lang 65 W11th
Room: 259
Date Range: 8/26/2024 - 12/3/2024