V historii antropologie byly emoce poněkud tradičně odsouvány do oblasti psychologie a často se vymykaly předmětu, metodě a rozsahu antropologického a etnografického zkoumání. Obrat k afektu neboli afektivní obrat 90. let je výsledkem rostoucího zájmu o emocionální a afektivní dimenzi reality. Afektová teorie zkoumá roli emocí a afektů, tedy osobního a ztělesněného, a jako taková vzbouzí zajímavé ontologické, epistemologické a metodologické otázky. V mé teoretické bakalářské práci věnuji některým z těchto otázek prostřednictvím interdisciplinárního a kritického přístupu k tématu a zároveň tvrdím, že emoce a afekty jsou neoddělitelnou součástí lidského prožívání. Poté, co stručně odhalím, jak se k emocím a afektům přistupovalo v průběhu dějin antropologie, nejprve interpretuji a zhodnocuji charakteristické rysy současného teoretizování o afektu, abych později dospěl ke třem tematickým vektorům pro jeho adaptaci v antropologii. Docházím k závěru, že teorie afektu nabízí užitečný způsob, jak emoce a afekty více provázat a začlenit do antropologického výzkumu.
Anotace v angličtině
Traditionally, emotions have always been pushed aside into the realm of psychology, often escaping the subject, method, and scope of anthropological inquire. The turn to affect or the affective turn of the 1990s is the result of a growing interest in the emotional and affective dimension of reality. Affect theory explores the role of emotions and affects, the personal and the embodied, and as such raises some intriguing ontological, epistemological, and methodological questions. In my theoretical thesis, I address some of these questions by means of an interdisciplinary and critical approach to the topic, arguing that emotions and affects are an inseparable part of human experience. After briefly exposing how emotions and affects have been approached throughout the history of anthropology, I first interpret and evaluate some of the distinctive features of contemporary affect theorizing to later arrive at three thematic vectors for the adoption of affect in anthropology. I conclude that affect theory offers a useful way to make emotions and affects more intertwined and integrated into anthropological research.
V historii antropologie byly emoce poněkud tradičně odsouvány do oblasti psychologie a často se vymykaly předmětu, metodě a rozsahu antropologického a etnografického zkoumání. Obrat k afektu neboli afektivní obrat 90. let je výsledkem rostoucího zájmu o emocionální a afektivní dimenzi reality. Afektová teorie zkoumá roli emocí a afektů, tedy osobního a ztělesněného, a jako taková vzbouzí zajímavé ontologické, epistemologické a metodologické otázky. V mé teoretické bakalářské práci věnuji některým z těchto otázek prostřednictvím interdisciplinárního a kritického přístupu k tématu a zároveň tvrdím, že emoce a afekty jsou neoddělitelnou součástí lidského prožívání. Poté, co stručně odhalím, jak se k emocím a afektům přistupovalo v průběhu dějin antropologie, nejprve interpretuji a zhodnocuji charakteristické rysy současného teoretizování o afektu, abych později dospěl ke třem tematickým vektorům pro jeho adaptaci v antropologii. Docházím k závěru, že teorie afektu nabízí užitečný způsob, jak emoce a afekty více provázat a začlenit do antropologického výzkumu.
Anotace v angličtině
Traditionally, emotions have always been pushed aside into the realm of psychology, often escaping the subject, method, and scope of anthropological inquire. The turn to affect or the affective turn of the 1990s is the result of a growing interest in the emotional and affective dimension of reality. Affect theory explores the role of emotions and affects, the personal and the embodied, and as such raises some intriguing ontological, epistemological, and methodological questions. In my theoretical thesis, I address some of these questions by means of an interdisciplinary and critical approach to the topic, arguing that emotions and affects are an inseparable part of human experience. After briefly exposing how emotions and affects have been approached throughout the history of anthropology, I first interpret and evaluate some of the distinctive features of contemporary affect theorizing to later arrive at three thematic vectors for the adoption of affect in anthropology. I conclude that affect theory offers a useful way to make emotions and affects more intertwined and integrated into anthropological research.
The last century of anthropology could be described as a set of paradigmatic "turns" and "shifts". To name a few, there is the linguistic, reflexive, and temporal turn or the more contemporary ones such as the literary, post-human, and ontological turn. Missing from the list is the affective turn, which emerged in social sciences in the 1990s and is now debated in many of the humanities. It critically explores the role of emotions and affects, of the personal and embodied, and as such it raises some intriguing ontological, epistemological and methodological questions. However, for most of the development of the anthropological field, emotions have been neglected, pushed aside and treated as if they belonged only in the realm of psychology. Such discrepancy calls for further anthropological engagement in the emerging and potentially impactful emotional and affective dialogue. As a theory stemming from a mainly philosophical background, the approach to the topic is interdisciplinary. This thesis aims to offer a contextual and complementary interpretation of the affective theory and a critical reflection on its implications, utility, and place in anthropology.
Zásady pro vypracování
The last century of anthropology could be described as a set of paradigmatic "turns" and "shifts". To name a few, there is the linguistic, reflexive, and temporal turn or the more contemporary ones such as the literary, post-human, and ontological turn. Missing from the list is the affective turn, which emerged in social sciences in the 1990s and is now debated in many of the humanities. It critically explores the role of emotions and affects, of the personal and embodied, and as such it raises some intriguing ontological, epistemological and methodological questions. However, for most of the development of the anthropological field, emotions have been neglected, pushed aside and treated as if they belonged only in the realm of psychology. Such discrepancy calls for further anthropological engagement in the emerging and potentially impactful emotional and affective dialogue. As a theory stemming from a mainly philosophical background, the approach to the topic is interdisciplinary. This thesis aims to offer a contextual and complementary interpretation of the affective theory and a critical reflection on its implications, utility, and place in anthropology.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Alphen, Ernst van, and Tomáš Jirsa, eds. 2019. How to Do Things with Affects: Affective Triggers in Aesthetic Forms and Cultural Practices. Thamyris / Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race, volume 34. Leiden ; Boston: Brill Rodopi.
Barrett, Lisa Feldman. 2017. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Beatty, Andrew. 2019. Emotional Worlds: Beyond an Anthropology of Emotion. First edition. New Departures in Anthropology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Clough, Patricia Ticineto, and Jean O’Malley Halley, eds. 2007. The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social. Durham: Duke University Press.
Gregg, Melissa, and Gregory J. Seigworth, eds. 2010. The Affect Theory Reader. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Massumi, Brian. 2002. Shock To Thought. Hoboken: Routledge.
———. 2015. Politics of Affect. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA: Polity.
Parker, Andrew, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and English Institute, eds. 1995. Performativity and Performance. Essays from the English Institute. New York: Routledge.
Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky, and Adam Frank. 2003. Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity. Series Q. Durham: Duke University Press.
Slaby, Jan, and Christian von Scheve. 2019. Affective Societies: Key Concepts. 1 Edition. Routledge Studies in Affective Societies. London : New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Stodulka, Thomas, Samia Dinkelaker, and Ferdiansyah Thajib, eds. 2019. Affective Dimensions of Fieldwork and Ethnography. Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Wetherell, Margaret. 2012. Affect and Emotion: A New Social Science Understanding. Los Angeles ; London: SAGE.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Alphen, Ernst van, and Tomáš Jirsa, eds. 2019. How to Do Things with Affects: Affective Triggers in Aesthetic Forms and Cultural Practices. Thamyris / Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race, volume 34. Leiden ; Boston: Brill Rodopi.
Barrett, Lisa Feldman. 2017. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Beatty, Andrew. 2019. Emotional Worlds: Beyond an Anthropology of Emotion. First edition. New Departures in Anthropology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Clough, Patricia Ticineto, and Jean O’Malley Halley, eds. 2007. The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social. Durham: Duke University Press.
Gregg, Melissa, and Gregory J. Seigworth, eds. 2010. The Affect Theory Reader. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Massumi, Brian. 2002. Shock To Thought. Hoboken: Routledge.
———. 2015. Politics of Affect. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA: Polity.
Parker, Andrew, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and English Institute, eds. 1995. Performativity and Performance. Essays from the English Institute. New York: Routledge.
Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky, and Adam Frank. 2003. Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity. Series Q. Durham: Duke University Press.
Slaby, Jan, and Christian von Scheve. 2019. Affective Societies: Key Concepts. 1 Edition. Routledge Studies in Affective Societies. London : New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Stodulka, Thomas, Samia Dinkelaker, and Ferdiansyah Thajib, eds. 2019. Affective Dimensions of Fieldwork and Ethnography. Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Wetherell, Margaret. 2012. Affect and Emotion: A New Social Science Understanding. Los Angeles ; London: SAGE.