{"product_id":"9781487543761","title":"Unselfing","description":"Author: Michaela Hulstyn\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487543761\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Nov 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAltered states of consciousness  including experiences of deprivation, pain, hallucination, fear, desire, alienation, and spiritual transcendence  can transform the ordinary experience of selfhood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnselfing\u003c\/i\u003e explores the nature of disruptive self-experiences and the different shapes they have taken in literary writing. The book focuses on the tension between rival conceptions of unselfing as either a form of productive self-transcendence or a form of alienating self-loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichaela Hulstyn explores the shapes and meanings of unselfing through the framework of the global French literary world, encompassing texts by modernist figures in France and Belgium alongside writers from Algeria, Rwanda, and Morocco. Together these diverse texts prompt a re-evaluation of the consequences of the loss or the transcendence of the self. Through a series of close readings, Hulstyn offers a new account of the ethical questions raised by altered states and shows how philosophies of empathy can be tested against and often challenged by literary works. Drawing on cognitive science and phenomenology, \u003ci\u003eUnselfing\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new methodology for approaching texts that give shape to the fringes of conscious experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919577366686,"sku":"ING-9781487543761","price":123.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487543761.jpg?v=1782813809","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487543761","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}