{"product_id":"9781517914929-comic-self","title":"The Comic Self","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToward Dispossession\u003cbr\u003eA provocative and unconventional call to dispossess the self of itself. Challenging the contemporary notion of “self-care” and the Western mania for “self-possession,” The Comic Self deploys philosophical discourse and literary expression to propose an alternate and less toxic model for human aspiration: a comic self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative and unconventional call to dispossess the self of itself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging the contemporary notion of “self-care” and the Western mania for “self-possession,” \u003ci\u003eThe Comic Self\u003c\/i\u003e deploys philosophical discourse and literary expression to propose an alternate and less toxic model for human aspiration: a comic self. Timothy Campbell and Grant Farred argue that the problem with the “care of the self,” from Foucault onward, is that it reinforces identity, strengthening the relation between \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003emine\u003c\/i\u003e. This assertion of self-possession raises a question vital for understanding how we are to live with each other and ourselves: How can you care for something that is truly not yours?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe answer lies in the unrepresentable comic self. Campbell and Farred range across philosophy, literature, and contemporary comedy-engaging with Socrates, Burke, Hume, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Deleuze, and Levinas; Shakespeare, Cervantes, Woolf, Kafka, and Pasolini; and Stephen Colbert, David Chappelle, and the cast of \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e. They uncover spaces where the dispossession of self and, with it, the dismantling of the regime of self-care are possible. Arguing that the comic self always keeps a precarious closeness to the tragic self, while opposing the machinations of capital endemic to the logic of self-possession, they provide a powerful and provocative antidote to the tragic self that so dominates the tenor of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40839944798305,"sku":"9781517914929","price":18.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38242525_4a595346-e834-44e0-86e3-3be9a63a9b02.jpg?v=1763843920","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781517914929-comic-self","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}