Spontaneous Combustion: The Eros Effect And Global Revolution (suny Series, Praxis: Theory In Action)

Foreword / Peter Marcuse -- Introduction / Jason Del Gandio and AK Thompson -- Section One. The eros effect. Remembering May '68 : an interview with George Katsiaficas / AK Thompson -- Eros and revolution / George Katsiaficas -- From Marcuse's "political eros" to the eros effect : a current statement / George Katsiaficas -- Section Two. Extensions and elaborations. Eros in a one-dimensional society : Katsiaficas, Marcuse, and me / Arnold L. Farr -- Rethinking the eros effect : sentience, reality, and emanation / Jason Del Gandio -- Revolt as reason, reason as revolt : on the praxis of philosophy from below / Richard Gilman-Opalsky -- The eros effect and the embodied mind / Jack Hipp -- Section Three. Case studies. Kindling for the spark : eros and emergent consciousness in occupy Oakland / Emily Brissette and Mike King -- Eros effect as emergency politics : empathy, agency, and network in South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster / Gooyong Kim and Anat Schwartz -- Climatology of the eros effect : notes from the Japanese archipelago / Sabu Kohso -- Section Four. Rejoinders. Feminism and the eros effect / Nina Power -- Waves of protest, the eros effect, and the social relations of diffusion / Lesley Wood -- Eros effect or biological hatred? / AK Thompson -- Afterword / Douglas Kellner.;"From the events of May 1968 to the Arab Spring and Occupy, we have seen social movements develop spontaneously around the globe propelling thousands and, at times, millions of people into the streets to demand an end to oppression. ... However, even as the eros effect provides a valuable framework for understanding spontaneous global uprisings, Katsiaficas has acknowledged that the concept has remained underdeveloped. 'Spontaneous Combustions' provides an introduction to the eros effect along with a series of elaborations, applications, and critical rejoinders concerning its implications. A truly interdisciplinary venture, the book features contributions from cutting-edge scholars and activists on the frontlines of today's struggles." -- back cover. Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Making Sense of Mass Revolt......Page 10 The Eros Effect......Page 15 Related Traditions......Page 20 Structure of the Book......Page 23 Notes......Page 25 Section One: The Eros Effect......Page 30 1. Remembering May ’68: An Interview with George Katsiaficas......Page 32 2. Eros and Revolution......Page 46 Limits of the Eros Effect......Page 49 Revisiting the Eros Effect......Page 50 Carl Jung and Synchronicity......Page 53 Eros’ Aesthetic Dimension......Page 55 Activating the Eros Effect......Page 57 Notes......Page 59 3. From Marcuse’s “Political Eros” to the Eros Effect: A Current Statement......Page 62 Developing the Eros Effect......Page 66 Capitalism’s Colonization of the Unconscious......Page 68 Explaining Uprisings: Are Social and Economic Factors Enough?......Page 71 The Future of the Eros Effect......Page 75 Notes......Page 78 Section Two: Extensions and Elaborations......Page 82 One-dimensional Sleepwalking and the Erotic Drive to Wake Up......Page 84 Marcuse, Katsiaficas, and the Possibility of Emancipatory Social Change......Page 87 The Dialectical Tension in Eros......Page 93 The Eros Effect and Democratic Attunement: Toward a New Sensibility......Page 97 Individual and Structural Transformation......Page 99 Notes......Page 102 5. Rethinking the Eros Effect: Sentience, Reality, and Emanation......Page 106 First Principle: The Sentient Body......Page 107 Second Principle: The Creation of Reality......Page 113 Third Principle: Bodily Emanation......Page 117 Concluding Remarks: An Ontology of Perpetual Resistance......Page 122 Notes......Page 123 6. Revolt as Reason, Reason as Revolt: On the Praxis of Philosophy from Below......Page 128 Revolt and Reason......Page 129 Intellect of Revolt, Not Analysis of Revolt......Page 132 Sketching the Logic of Revolt......Page 139 The Praxis of Philosophy from Below......Page 142 Notes......Page 149 7. The Eros Effect and the Embodied Mind......Page 154 The Eros Effect......Page 155 The Embodied Mind......Page 156 Application and Analysis of Embodied Politics......Page 162 Imagination in Revolt......Page 164 Instinct and a Liberated Rationality......Page 169 Embodying a New Sensibility......Page 171 Notes......Page 174 Section Three: Case Studies......Page 178 8. Kindling for the Spark: Eros and Emergent Consciousness in Occupy Oakland......Page 180 Gathering the Kindling......Page 183 Emergent Consciousness......Page 187 Smoldering Embers......Page 192 Widening the Cracks......Page 194 Notes......Page 195 Overview: Tragedy, Emotion, Spontaneity, and Agency......Page 200 Emergency, Paradox of Politics, and Human Agency......Page 203 Emotion, Spontaneity, and the Eros Effect in Emergency Politics......Page 205 From the Massacre to Networked, Emotional Combustions......Page 206 Empathy, Promise, and Motherhood......Page 209 Notes......Page 213 Eros as Battleground......Page 220 Organizing, Spontaneity, and the Trans-asiatic Underclass......Page 222 Between Archipelago and Insularity......Page 226 Japan’s ’68......Page 230 Autonomy of Life-principles and Its Territory......Page 234 Notes......Page 238 Section Four: Rejoinders......Page 244 Introduction......Page 246 The Critique of the Critique of Repression......Page 248 Love as Work......Page 253 Conclusion: The Problem of Spontaneity......Page 257 Notes......Page 258 12. Waves of Protest, the Eros Effect, and the Social Relations of Diffusion......Page 260 Idle No More: A Wave of Protest......Page 261 Trying to Understand Variation in Waves of Protest......Page 264 Waves Across the Land......Page 267 Temporal Variation......Page 268 Tactical Variation......Page 270 Variation in Size and Quantity of Events......Page 271 Lacunae......Page 272 Conclusion......Page 273 Notes......Page 274 I......Page 278 II......Page 281 III......Page 284 IV......Page 290 V......Page 292 Notes......Page 294 From 1968 to 2011 and Beyond......Page 298 A Life Dedicated to Love and Struggle......Page 299 Spontaneous Combustion and the Present Moment......Page 300 Notes......Page 303 Contributors......Page 304 Index......Page 308 Provides answers to one of the enduring paradoxes of mass social change. From the events of May 1968 to the Arab Spring and Occupy, we have seen social movements develop spontaneously around the globe propelling thousands and, at times, millions of people into the streets to demand an end to oppression. “In order to make sense of such events, the authors draw on George Katsiaficas’s conception of the ‘eros effect,’ which picks up and takes off from concepts developed by Herbert Marcuse. This effect describes moments in which the instinctual human need for justice and freedom undergoes a massive spontaneous awakening. Drawing on Marcuse, the concept foregrounds the instinctual foundation of the desire for freedom, in which a biologically-based pleasure drive—eros—is given free play.” — from the Foreword by Peter Marcuse However, even as the eros effect provides a valuable framework for understanding spontaneous global uprisings, Katsiaficas has acknowledged that the concept has remained underdeveloped. Spontaneous Combustion provides an introduction to the eros effect along with a series of elaborations, applications, and critical rejoinders concerning its implications. A truly interdisciplinary venture, the book features contributions from cutting-edge scholars and activists on the frontlines of today’s struggles. Jason Del Gandio is Assistant Professor at Temple University who teaches rhetoric and public advocacy. He is the author of Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for 21st Century Activists. AK Thompson teaches social theory and is the author of Black Bloc, White Riot: Anti-Globalization and the Genealogy of Dissent. From the events of May 1968 to the Arab Spring and Occupy, we have seen social movements develop spontaneously around the globe propelling thousands and, at times, millions of people into the streets to demand an end to oppression.?In order to make sense of such events, the authors draw on George Katsiaficas?s conception of the?eros effect,? which picks up and takes off from concepts developed by Herbert Marcuse. This effect describes moments in which the instinctual human need for justice and freedom undergoes a massive spontaneous awakening. Drawing on Marcuse, the concept foregrounds the instinctual foundation of the desire for freedom, in which a biologically-based pleasure drive - eros - is given free play.? - from the Foreword by Peter Marcuse. However, even as the eros effect provides a valuable framework for understanding spontaneous global uprisings, Katsiaficas has acknowledged that the concept has remained underdeveloped. Spontaneous Combustion provides an introduction to the eros effect along with a series of elaborations, applications, and critical rejoinders concerning its implications. A truly interdisciplinary venture, the book features contributions from cutting-edge scholars and activists on the frontlines of today?s struggles