{"product_id":"the-comic-self-toward-dispossession-paperback","title":"The Comic Self: Toward Dispossession - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy C. Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGrant Farred\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative and unconventional call to dispossess the self of itself\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy Campbell is professor of Italian at Cornell University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eImproper Life: Technology and Biopolitics from Heidegger to Agamben\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWireless Writing in the Age of Marconi\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Minnesota).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant Farred is author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eAn Essay for Ezra: Racial Terror in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMartin Heidegger Saved My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOnly a Black Athlete Can Save Us Now\u003c\/i\u003e (all from Minnesota).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.43 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732467519551,"sku":"9781517914929","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/40b87fd93ead52df39fe2207503f2660.webp?v=1765132584","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-comic-self-toward-dispossession-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}