{"product_id":"9781517914929","title":"The Comic Self","description":"Author: Timothy C. Campbell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781517914929\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Jul 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\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\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\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","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830020296862,"sku":"ADS-9781517914929","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781517914929.jpg?v=1778558184","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781517914929","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}