Before mentioning the concept of "affective turn", it is better to look at the Lazzarato's concept of "immaterial labor". By immaterial labor, Lazzarato means that all kind of social relations and communication become a part of capitalist production process. Before, material productions was related to creation of material goods for the satisfaction of certain human needs like production of cars, clothes, foods, TVs etc. But with the rise of the information and information technologies the production during …show more content…
Forms of labor are constituted within the capital. Capital itself creates and shapes the labor. Marx uses the concept of real subsumption to characterize the industrial capitalism of Western Europe in 19th century and to point out the difference between forms of production within the shift from feudalism to capitalism. However, for Negri, real subsumption refers to a new level where the boundaries between the economical and the social are disappeared. The relations of production can be observed in all the areas of …show more content…
Marjorie Garber mentioned in her article the etymology and history of the term "compassion". Mainly it means suffering together with one another and refers to the emotion that is felt for a person who suffers. But there is another perception which claims that compassion is felt not between equal individuals but from high to low. And in religional context, for the one who is not suffering benefits from compassion emotionally. (pg.20)
The term compassionate conservatism is become popular with the electoral speeches of George W. Bush. Compassionate conservatism is a political philosophy that underlines using traditional conservative techniques and concepts in order to improve the geeral welfare of the society. It is the belief that conservatism and compassion complement each other. A compassionate conservative prefers to solve the social problems of the United States, such as health care or immigration, through cooperation with private companies, charities and religious institutions rather than directly through government