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 6 Foreword 8 Introduction 10 Making Sense of Mass Revolt 10 The Eros Effect 15 Related Traditions 20 Structure of the Book 23 Notes 25 Section One: The Eros Effect 30 1. Remembering May ’68: An Interview with George Katsiaficas 32 2. Eros and Revolution 46 Limits of the Eros Effect 49 Revisiting the Eros Effect 50 Carl Jung and Synchronicity 53 Eros’ Aesthetic Dimension 55 Activating the Eros Effect 57 Notes 59 3. From Marcuse’s “Political Eros” to the Eros Effect: A Current Statement 62 Developing the Eros Effect 66 Capitalism’s Colonization of the Unconscious 68 Explaining Uprisings: Are Social and Economic Factors Enough? 71 The Future of the Eros Effect 75 Notes 78 Section Two: Extensions and Elaborations 82 4. Eros in a One-Dimensional Society: Katsiaficas, Marcuse, and Me 84 One-dimensional Sleepwalking and the Erotic Drive to Wake Up 84 Marcuse, Katsiaficas, and the Possibility of Emancipatory Social Change 87 The Dialectical Tension in Eros 93 The Eros Effect and Democratic Attunement: Toward a New Sensibility 97 Individual and Structural Transformation 99 Notes 102 5. Rethinking the Eros Effect: Sentience, Reality, and Emanation 106 First Principle: The Sentient Body 107 Second Principle: The Creation of Reality 113 Third Principle: Bodily Emanation 117 Concluding Remarks: An Ontology of Perpetual Resistance 122 Notes 123 6. Revolt as Reason, Reason as Revolt: On the Praxis of Philosophy from Below 128 Revolt and Reason 129 Intellect of Revolt, Not Analysis of Revolt 132 Sketching the Logic of Revolt 139 The Praxis of Philosophy from Below 142 Notes 149 7. The Eros Effect and the Embodied Mind 154 The Eros Effect 155 The Embodied Mind 156 Application and Analysis of Embodied Politics 162 Imagination in Revolt 164 Instinct and a Liberated Rationality 169 Embodying a New Sensibility 171 Notes 174 Section Three: Case Studies 178 8. Kindling for the Spark: Eros and Emergent Consciousness in Occupy Oakland 180 Gathering the Kindling 183 Emergent Consciousness 187 Smoldering Embers 192 Widening the Cracks 194 Notes 195 9. Eros Effect as Emergency Politics: Empathy, Agency, and Network in South Korea’s Sewol Ferry Disaster 200 Overview: Tragedy, Emotion, Spontaneity, and Agency 200 Emergency, Paradox of Politics, and Human Agency 203 Emotion, Spontaneity, and the Eros Effect in Emergency Politics 205 From the Massacre to Networked, Emotional Combustions 206 Empathy, Promise, and Motherhood 209 Emergency Politics of the Eros Effect 213 Notes 213 10. Climatology of the Eros Effect: Notes from the Japanese Archipelago 220 Eros as Battleground 220 Organizing, Spontaneity, and the Trans-asiatic Underclass 222 Between Archipelago and Insularity 226 Japan’s ’68 230 Autonomy of Life-principles and Its Territory 234 Notes 238 Section Four: Rejoinders 244 11. Feminism and the Eros Effect 246 Introduction 246 The Critique of the Critique of Repression 248 Love as Work 253 Conclusion: The Problem of Spontaneity 257 Notes 258 12. Waves of Protest, the Eros Effect, and the Social Relations of Diffusion 260 Idle No More: A Wave of Protest 261 Trying to Understand Variation in Waves of Protest 264 Waves Across the Land 267 Temporal Variation 268 Tactical Variation 270 Variation in Size and Quantity of Events 271 Lacunae 272 Conclusion 273 Notes 274 13. Eros Effect or Biological Hatred? 278 I 278 II 281 III 284 IV 290 V 292 Notes 294 Afterword 298 From 1968 to 2011 and Beyond 298 A Life Dedicated to Love and Struggle 299 Spontaneous Combustion and the Present Moment 300 Notes 303 Contributors 304 Editors 304 Contributors 304 Index 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