{"product_id":"the-right-to-narcissism-a-case-for-an-impossible-selflove-9780823254446","title":"The Right to Narcissism  A Case for an Impossible","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough an engagement with the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Julia Kristeva, and Jacques Derrida, this book argues for a rethinking of the concept of narcissism and aims to wrest it from its common and pejorative meanings, egoism and vanity, revealing the complexity and importance of this notion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating book... highly recommend.\" -Choice \"Deftly working at the intersection of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature, DeArmitt makes a fascinating case for self-love, or narcissism. With subtle and incisive readings of Rousseau, Kristeva and Derrida, DeArmitt shows the necessity for rethinking narcissism as an ethics of otherness.\" -- -Kelly Oliver Vanderbilt University \"Pleshette DeArmitt's gem of a book, The Right to Narcissism, makes a cogent, timely, and well-crafted case in support of reclaiming the concept of narcissism from the pejorative meanings with which it has most commonly been associated for much of the modern era.\" -- -Elissa Marder Emory University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments        Introduction: The Right to Narcissism?        Part I. Rousseau: The Passions of Narcissus      Introduction: Another Morality Tale?       1. Man's Double Birth       2. Regarding Self-Love Anew        Part II. Kristeva: The Rebirth of Narcissus      Introduction: Self-Love-Beyond Sin, Symptoms, and Sublime Values       3. Reconceiving Freud's Narcissus       4. Transference, or Amorous Dynamics        Part III. Derrida: The Mourning of Narcissus      Introduction: The Very Concept of Narcissism       5. The Eye of Narcissus       6. The Ear of Echo        Afterword: By What Right?       Notes       Bibliography","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406136287575,"sku":"9780823254446","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823254446.jpg?v=1730494649","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-right-to-narcissism-a-case-for-an-impossible-selflove-9780823254446","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}