Sensory Democracy: Can the Left Reclaim the Topology of Affect?

One reason for the remarkable rise of right-wing icons, parties and ideologies in many parts of the world is that the right-wing has successfully captured the terrain of affect (of love, anger, fear, as well as of social solidarity and activist energy). And one reason for this capture is that the Left has remained confined to the power of theory, argument and rational debate. What would it take for the Left to reclaim affect, and build new adjacencies, networks and affinities on this basis? 

We cordially invite you to join us for an intervention by Arjun Appadurai with Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Regina Römhild and Dirk Wiemann. The event marks the start of the new DFG Research Unit Collaborations: Assemblages, Articulations, Alliances. Keep checking their website for more information.