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Virtuality and Ernst Bloch: Hope and subjectivity

Ellis, Darren; Tucker, Ian

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Ian Tucker



Abstract

Theories of affect have become an increasingly popular tool with which to conceptualise and analyse subjectivity. Of particular interest to us in this article are expositions that have sought to bring to the forefront of analysis notions of excess and virtuality on the grounds that they bear fruit in relation to a potential politics of change. Although contemporary notions of virtuality and excess are highly attractive, they also bring us to one of the more unsettling features of affect theory: How is it possible to suitably analyse the realms of virtuality and excess due to their non-representational qualities? To begin to address this problem, we explore process-oriented theories of virtuality in relation to the Marxist process theory of Ernst Bloch, and draw on the recent protest movements against cuts to Higher Education funding as an example of what we term ‘affective hope’, a concept indebted to Bloch's notion of educated hope.

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Ellis, D., & Tucker, I. (2011). Virtuality and Ernst Bloch: Hope and subjectivity. Subjectivity, 4(4), 434-450. https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2011.15

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Nov 11, 2011
Publication Date Dec 1, 2011
Deposit Date Feb 14, 2023
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Subjectivity
Print ISSN 1755-6341
Electronic ISSN 1755-635X
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 4
Pages 434-450
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2011.15
Keywords Applied Psychology; Social Psychology; affect; hope; process philosophy; Ernst Bloch
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10336896
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/sub.2011.15

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This is the author’s accepted manuscript of the article 'Ellis, D., & Tucker, I. (2011). Virtuality and Ernst Bloch: Hope and subjectivity. Subjectivity, 4(4), 434-450'.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2011.15

The final published version is available here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/sub.2011.15




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