{"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\/products\/the-comic-self-by-timothy-c-campbell-9781517914929","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}