Bourgeois Coldness - Henrike Kohpeiß (Divided Publishing) MIT Press Philomena Essed

Philomena Essed

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Bourgeois Coldness - Henrike Kohpeiß (Divided Publishing) MIT Press Philomena EssedBourgeois coldness refers to an affective strategy that offers an explanation for how self preservation works. Bourgeois coldness is one of the most advanced affective and aesthetic forms of preserving the structure of the colonial status quo. It creates an affective shelter in the world, unencroached upon by the immediate consequences of its many catastrophes. It functions like air conditioning a complex technology which reliably stabilises the