Zheng Nengliang and Pedagogies of Affect in Contemporary China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18981985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Hizi (0000-0001-7567-0875, University of Cologne, Germany [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-43 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0155-977X • E-ISSN: 1558-5727 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/sa.2020.650102 |
| OpenAlex | W3161919041 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 35 |
This article examines the role of affect in market-driven self-cultivation. Drawing on a study of extracurricular workshops for interpersonal skills in urban China, I describe programs that prioritize momentary excitement, associated with the state-endorsed colloquialism zheng nengliang (positive energy), while distinguishing this experience from the common registers of the exterior world. I define these settings as ‘pedagogies of affect’, activities that bring to the fore the short-lived and indeterminant attributes of affect without coherently serving discursive ideologies in trajectories of social engineering or neoliberal governmentality. This phenomenon demonstrates how the expansion of market-driven expertise for ‘person-making’ to new social groups globally reinforces ethical disjunctures between different social domains, as well as between individuals’ practical and aspirational pursuits
Aesthetics · Art · China · Epistemology · Governmentality · Ideology · Interpersonal communication · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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Pedagogies of Affect
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |