Acknowledgements Introduction: Some Notes on Affect, "Affect Theory," and Bergson On "Affect Theory" The Meaning of Affect in Bergson A Tension at the Heart of Affect Brief Outline of Our Investigation Chapter I: Consciousness, Process, & Intuition Living and Reflecting on Consciousness Philosophical Analysis & Intuition Intuition as Method Intuition & Language Intensity Intensity as Quality Quality and Synchronization Quality and Duration Affect Multiplicity, Space, & Duration Chapter II: Affect & Utility in Bergson's Matter & Memory From the Essai to Matter and Memory Metaphysics and the Principle of Utility Matter The Human Subject The Body Perception Memory Affect Chapter III: Subjectivity, Individuality, & The Élan Vital . 109 Introduction Élan of life Life and Individual Consciousness The Dual Genesis of the Intellect and Matter (the Body as Nervous System) Life, Death, and Individuality Chapter IV:The Moral and Mystical Transformations of Affectivity Method and Aims of The Two Sources Closed Morality, Emotion, and War Open morality, Emotion, and Mysticism Conclusion: On Two Bergsons What Our Investigation Has Accomplished: On Affect Bergson's Critics: Levinas, Merleau-Ponty, and Barbaras On Two Bergsons On Utility, Selfhood, and Analysis. Bibliography Notes.
Bergson and Affect : Intensity, Virtuality and the Body