In this paper,the author is questioning the very concept of“indifference of thinking”.The author also asks:In what sense,thinking leads to“overall indifference”?What,indeed,is indifference?Reading carefully,the ph...In this paper,the author is questioning the very concept of“indifference of thinking”.The author also asks:In what sense,thinking leads to“overall indifference”?What,indeed,is indifference?Reading carefully,the philosophical texts on affects,mainly Spinoza,Freud,Bergson,and Deleuze,author argues that indifference is not a kind of non-affection,beside-affection,post-affection,but rather,it is a trace of affect―just as cinders are remnants of fire.Indifference is neither abnegation which is a kind of statement that we could not care less.On the contrary,it is in indifference where we find profound commitment to bringing back things of this world to their natural position.展开更多
文摘In this paper,the author is questioning the very concept of“indifference of thinking”.The author also asks:In what sense,thinking leads to“overall indifference”?What,indeed,is indifference?Reading carefully,the philosophical texts on affects,mainly Spinoza,Freud,Bergson,and Deleuze,author argues that indifference is not a kind of non-affection,beside-affection,post-affection,but rather,it is a trace of affect―just as cinders are remnants of fire.Indifference is neither abnegation which is a kind of statement that we could not care less.On the contrary,it is in indifference where we find profound commitment to bringing back things of this world to their natural position.