Brian Massumi
Brian Massumi | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) Lorain, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Education | |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-/21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Process philosophy, poststructuralism, radical empiricism |
| Institutions | Université de Montréal |
| Main interests | Virtuality, affect, micropolitics, complexity, political economy |
| Notable ideas | Thinking-feeling, onto power, bare activity, semblance, surplus value of life, nature–culture continuum, immanent critique |
Brian Massumi (/məˈsuːmi/; born 1956) is a Canadian philosopher and social theorist. Massumi's research spans the fields of art, architecture, cultural studies, political theory and philosophy. His work explores the intersection between power, perception, and creativity to develop an approach to thought and social action bridging the aesthetic and political domains. He is a retired professor in the Communications Department of the Université de Montréal.