Bourgeois Coldness

'Bourgeois 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 âe" a complex technology which reliably stabilises the climate until those inside consider it natural. Bourgeois spaces âe" institutional and affective âe" stay cool and pleasant. But outside it's burning.' âe" Henrike KohpeiY Canonical critical theory by Adorno and Horkheimer enters a dialogue with Black studies through Hartman and Moten.