Ebook: Spontaneous combustion: the eros effect and global revolution

Foreword / Peter Marcuse -- Introduction / Jason Del Gandio and AK Thompson -- Section One. The eros effect. Remembering May '68 : an interview with George Katsiaficas / AK Thompson -- Eros and revolution / George Katsiaficas -- From Marcuse's "political eros" to the eros effect : a current statement / George Katsiaficas -- Section Two. Extensions and elaborations. Eros in a one-dimensional society : Katsiaficas, Marcuse, and me / Arnold L. Farr -- Rethinking the eros effect : sentience, reality, and emanation / Jason Del Gandio -- Revolt as reason, reason as revolt : on the praxis of philosophy from below / Richard Gilman-Opalsky -- The eros effect and the embodied mind / Jack Hipp -- Section Three. Case studies. Kindling for the spark : eros and emergent consciousness in occupy Oakland / Emily Brissette and Mike King -- Eros effect as emergency politics : empathy, agency, and network in South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster / Gooyong Kim and Anat Schwartz -- Climatology of the eros effect : notes from the Japanese archipelago / Sabu Kohso -- Section Four. Rejoinders. Feminism and the eros effect / Nina Power -- Waves of protest, the eros effect, and the social relations of diffusion / Lesley Wood -- Eros effect or biological hatred? / AK Thompson -- Afterword / Douglas Kellner.;"From the events of May 1968 to the Arab Spring and Occupy, we have seen social movements develop spontaneously around the globe propelling thousands and, at times, millions of people into the streets to demand an end to oppression. ... However, even as the eros effect provides a valuable framework for understanding spontaneous global uprisings, Katsiaficas has acknowledged that the concept has remained underdeveloped. 'Spontaneous Combustions' provides an introduction to the eros effect along with a series of elaborations, applications, and critical rejoinders concerning its implications. A truly interdisciplinary venture, the book features contributions from cutting-edge scholars and activists on the frontlines of today's struggles." -- back cover.