Thought in the Act: Passages in the Ecology of Experience

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THOUGHT IN THE ACT ThoughT in The AcT PASSAGES IN THE ECOLOGY OF EXPERIENCE Erin Manning and Brian Massumi University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London The authors would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC). Chapter 1 was previously published as “Coming Alive in a World of Texture: For Neurodiversity,” in Dance, Politics, and Co-Immunity, ed. Gerald Siegmund and Stefan Hoelscher (Berlin: Diaphanes, 2013). Chapter 4 was previously published as “No Title Yet,” in Le cabinet de Bracha: Carnets, Dessins, Peintures, Scanographies 1981–2011, ed. Patrick Le Nouëne (Angers: Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, 2011), 37–52. Copyright 2014 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying , recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401–2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Manning, Erin. Thought in the Act : Passages in the Ecology of Experience / Erin Manning and Brian Massumi. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8166-7966-9 (hc : acid-free paper) isbn 978-0-8166-7967-6 (pb :acid-free paper) 1. Creation (Literary, Artistic, etc.)—Philosophy. 2. Aesthetics. 3. Thought and thinking—Philosophy. 4. Experience. I. Massumi, Brian. II. Title. bf408.m2346 2014 153.3’5—dc23 2013038692 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...