Brian Massumi

Brian Massumi
Born	1956 (age 67–68) Lorain, Ohio, U.S.
Education	Brown University Yale University
Era	20th-/21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Process philosophy, poststructuralism, radical empiricism
Main interests	Virtuality (philosophy), affect, micropolitics, complexity, political economy
Notable ideas	Thinking-feeling, onto power, bare activity, semblance, surplus-value of life, nature–culture continuum, immanent critique

Brian Massumi (/məˈsuːmi/; born 1956) is a Canadian philosopher and social theorist. Massumi's research spans the fields of art, architecture, cultural studies, political theory and philosophy. His work explores the intersection between power, perception, and creativity to develop an approach to thought and social action bridging the aesthetic and political domains. He is a retired professor in the Communications Department of the Université de Montréal.^[1]