It isn't getting better: the transformative potentials of hopelessness

This thesis approaches hopelessness through the work of Deleuze and Guattari, situating their thought in relation to Baruch Spinoza and Brian Massumi. Drawing on Massumi’s theorizing of fear, and Spinoza’s theorizing the link between hope and fear, I argue that hope keeps bodies and politics bound t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Kimberly
Other Authors: Garlick, Steve
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8926