{"product_id":"the-words-of-selves-identification-solidarity-irony-atopia-philosophy-political-theory-aesthetics-9780804739115","title":"The Words of Selves Identification Solidarity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this extended meditation on the language of the self within contemporary social politics, the author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She studies why the requirement \u003ci\u003eto be\u003c\/i\u003e a something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that rings true in the ears of its own subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a remarkable book, eloquent and imaginative, witty and learned, brilliant and intellectually nuanced. It redefines a knot of difficult issues concerning language, subjectivity, and politics that have claimed critical attention for many years. Riley offers a new vocabulary and a new problematic for approaching these topics and thus rewrites some of the most seemingly intractable debates in contemporary cultural theory in an inventive and persuasive way.\" -Ellen Rooney,Brown University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; 1. 'Who me?' self-description's linguistic affect; 2. Linguistic unease; 3. Lyric selves; 4. 'The wounded fall in the direction of their wound'; 5. Echo, irony, and the political; Notes; Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865941815639,"sku":"9780804739115","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804739115.jpg?v=1722276299","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-words-of-selves-identification-solidarity-irony-atopia-philosophy-political-theory-aesthetics-9780804739115","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}