{"product_id":"the-comic-self-timothy-c-campbell-9781517914929","title":"The Comic Self: Toward Dispossession","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy C. Campbell, Grant Farred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517914922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517914929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023","brand":"Timothy C. Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070161645823,"sku":"9781517914929","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9608543a-a107-40b0-a470-ffa9d7dfce5f.jpg?v=1685428721","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-comic-self-timothy-c-campbell-9781517914929","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}