Dlaske, Kati;
Del Percio, Alfonso;
(2022)
Introduction: language, work and affective capitalism.
International Journal of the Sociology of Language
, 2022
(276)
pp. 1-13.
10.1515/ijsl-2022-0046.
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Abstract
This special issue contributes to scholarship on language and affective economy by exploring the role played by affect in shaping work and workers under current configurations of capitalism. We take as a starting point the observation of increased valorisation and instrumentalisation of affect in the contemporary phase of capitalism. In this editorial introduction to the special issue, we set the scene by first outlining our questions, aims and objectives. Subsequently, we situate the contribution made by this issue in a larger social theorisation of affect and capitalism, particularly the notion of affective capitalism, and reflect on how this theorisation can contribute to sociolinguistic scholarship on work. The introduction concludes with an outline of the articles in this special issue, highlighting the way, empirically and conceptually, each article contributes to our understanding of the intersections between language, work and affective capitalism.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Introduction: language, work and affective capitalism |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1515/ijsl-2022-0046 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2022-0046 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | affect; capitalism; language; work |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10153016 |
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