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207

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English

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2013

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Pleshette DeArmitt

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Fordham University Press

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2013

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Date de parution

11 novembre 2013

EAN13

9780823254460

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

This book aims to wrest the concept of narcissism from its common and pejorative meanings— egoism and vanity—by revealing its complexity and importance. DeArmitt undertakes the work of rehabilitating “narcissism” by patiently reexamining the terms and figures that have been associated with it, especially in the writings of Rousseau, Kristeva, and Derrida.
These thinkers are known for incisively exposing a certain (traditional) narcissism that has been operative in Western thought and culture and for revealing the violence it has wrought— from the dangers of amour-propre and the pathology of a collective “one’s own” to the phantasm of the sovereign One. Nonetheless, each of these thinkers denounces the naive denunciation of “narcissism,” as the dangers of a non-negotiation with narcissism are more perilous. By rethinking “narcissism” as a complex structure of self-relation through the Other, the book reveals the necessity of an im-possible self-love.

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Publié par

Fordham University Press

Date de parution

11 novembre 2013

EAN13

9780823254460

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

Philosophy of mind Philosophy

The Right to Narcissism

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DeA rm itt, Plesette, – he rigt to narcissism : a case for an im-possible self-love / Plesette DeA rmitt. — First edition. pages cm Includes bibliograpical references and index. ISBN --- - (clot : alk. paper) — ISBN ---  - (pbk. : alk. paper) . Narcissism. I. Title. BF.ND  — dc 

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: he Rigt to Narcissism?

 . Rousseau: he Passions of Narcissus Introduction: Anoter Morality Tale? . Man’s Double Birt . Regarding Self-Love Anew

 . Kristeva: he Rebirt of Narcissus Introduction: Self-Love—Beyond Sin, Symptoms, and Sublime Values . Reconceiving Freud’s Narcissus . Transference, or Amorous Dynamics

 . Derrida: he Mourning of Narcissus Introduction: he Very Concept of Narcissism . he Eye of Narcissus

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Afterword. Narcissism—By Wat Rigt?

Notes Bibliograpy Index

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Acknowledgments

During te writing of tis book, wic spanned more years tan I anticipated, I experienced, like Narcissus, deat and (re)birt, mourning and renewal. his work is intellectually and aﬀectively saped by te untimely loss of eac of my parents and te joyous arrival of te ardent Serapine Pari, allowing me to tink troug te limits and expansiveness of narcissism, as well as narcissism’s inextricable relationsip to love of te oter. Wile writing tis book, I enjoyed te friendsip and sup-port of colleagues, friends, and family wo, directly and indi-rectly, contributed to tis project coming to fruition. I would like to express my gratitude to tose colleagues in te ﬁeld wo invited me to sare my work in speec and in print, as well as to tose wo provided important feedback, encouragement, and friendsip: Tina Canter, Crina Gscwandtner, Martin Hägglund, Leonard Lawlor, Dawne McCance, Elizabet Rot-tenberg, Alan Scrift, and Ewa Ziarek. I am especially grateful to Elissa Marder and Kelly Oliver for te intellectual and emo-tional generosity eac as sown me over te last few years. Micael Naas, a dear friend and mentor, as witout a doubt

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