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Besides affirmationism? On geography and negativity
Author(s) -
Dekeyser Thomas,
Jellis Thomas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/area.12684
Subject(s) - vitalism , negativity effect , politics , sociology , epistemology , aesthetics , psychology , political science , social psychology , philosophy , law , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
This paper poses questions on the possibility of styles of working besides “affirmationism.” We hone in on three ostensible limits of affirmationism: affirmationist vitalism, affirmationist politics, and affirmationist critique. Encountering these limits, we argue for the ongoing need to embrace attempts to think and act that elude, or dispense with, the propensity to affirm.