{"product_id":"self-and-its-pleasure-carolyn-j-dean-9780801499548","title":"Self and Its Pleasure: Bataille, Lacan, and the History of the Decentered Subject","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy did France spawn the radical poststructuralist rejection of the humanist concept of 'man' as a rational, knowing subject? In this innovative cultural history, Carolyn J. Dean sheds light on the origins of poststructuralist thought, paying particular attention to the reinterpretation of the self by Jacques Lacan, Georges Bataille, and other French thinkers. Arguing that the widely shared belief that the boundaries between self and other had disappeared during the Great War helps explain the genesis of the new concept of the self, Dean examines an array of evidence from medical texts and literary works alike. \u003ci\u003eThe Self and Its Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e offers a pathbreaking understanding of the boundaries between theory and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn J. Dean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801499542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801499548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.69d","brand":"Carolyn J. Dean","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926133113087,"sku":"9780801499548","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_57aa83c6-c350-440b-b8ae-58e2d54e7c56.jpg?v=1681081389","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/self-and-its-pleasure-carolyn-j-dean-9780801499548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}