Abstract
Abstract In this article I develop the concept of paranoid masculinities, which seeks to provide a theoretical lens for analyzing defensive push-back of hegemonic male identities against what they regard as the undermining forces of emasculation. Building on the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, this concept offers a historically situated account of masculine identity, which is conceptualized as dynamic, relational, and based on affectivity. The historical context that the concept seeks to account for is here characterized as the age of universal contagion, which is defined by escalating rhythms of capitalist economy intensifying circulation and contact of people and commodities. The concept of paranoid masculinities is developed through examining the transition from human-operated cars to AI-powered vehicles, which are perceived as contaminating hegemonic masculinity, and thus paranoidly resisted.
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