{"product_id":"remains-of-a-self-solitude-in-the-aftermath-of-psychoanalysis-and-deconstruction-9781538153352","title":"Remains of a Self: Solitude in the Aftermath of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the twentieth century in the twenty-first, psychoanalysis and deconstruction have challenged, and continue to challenge, our conceptions of subjectivity and selfhood. Psychoanalysis revealed that even in our innermost households we are never quite alone; rather, instances of “otherness” incessantly interfere in our most intimate relation to ourselves, forcing us to adapt continuously. Deconstruction, inheriting both this psychoanalytic disclosure and Heidegger’s destruction of the history of metaphysics, went to the foundations of the Western constructions of “the subject” and “the self,” only to find how a destabilizing otherness was always already haunting them. What, if anything, remains of the self in the aftermath?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly on in the wake of deconstruction, a certain misconceived and simplified notion of the “death of the subject” was proclaimed and in recent years more or less successful attempts have been made at reviving the notions of “the subject,” “the self,” and “agency.” In contrast to these attempts at revival, this book offers a two-pronged approach: On the one hand, it argues that neither psychoanalysis nor deconstruction propounds a simple annihilation of the subject or liquidation of the self; on the other hand, however, neither do they pave the way for a “return to the subject” or “resurrection of the self” that would allow us once again to become confident about our presence to ourselves. Instead, this book suggests that if we set ourselves the task of taking up the heritage from psychoanalysis and deconstruction in a serious manner, we are obliged to retrace the subject and the self as undergoing perpetual auto-deconstruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter One:The Solitude of not being able to be Alone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two:The Solitude of Dependency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: The Solitude of Boredom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: The Solitude of the Impersonal\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: The Solitude of Unhomeliness\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: The Solitude of Dissolution\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041198866775,"sku":"9781538153352","price":83.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538153352.jpg?v=1750949318","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/remains-of-a-self-solitude-in-the-aftermath-of-psychoanalysis-and-deconstruction-9781538153352","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}