{"title":"Timothy C. Campbell","description":"\u003cp\u003eTimothy C. Campbell's works delve into the intricate interplay of humour and identity within the arts and culture landscape. His writing invites readers to explore the nuances of selfhood through the lens of comedy, offering insightful perspectives that challenge conventional understandings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngaging and thought-provoking, Campbell's books blend sharp analysis with cultural commentary, making them essential reading for those interested in the dynamics of performance, narrative, and the human experience in artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-comic-self-by-timothy-c-campbell-9781517914929","title":"The Comic Self","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative and unconventional call to dispossess the self of itself\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging the contemporary notion of \"self-care\" and the Western mania for \"self-possession,\" \u003cem\u003eThe Comic Self\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eI\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003emine\u003c\/em\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\n\n\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 \u003cem\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/em\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471737897196,"sku":"9781517914929","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781517914929-the-comic-self.jpg?v=1775251820"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/timothy-c-campbell.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}