What is it about?

The paper is about Maine de Biran's influential concept of affectivity.

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Why is it important?

Maine de Biran’s concept of affectivity is relevant to contemporary philosophy of the body and also to contemporary approaches to anxiety and “melancholy”.

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This a relevant publication due to the originality of the philosophical dialogue it aims to analyse.

Luís António Umbelino
University of Coimbra - Faculty of Humanities

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This page is a summary of: The Deep Layer of Affectivity—Maine de Biran’s Influence on Marc Richir’s Phenomenological Project, November 2023, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004683778_023.
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