The Right to Narcissism : : A Case for an Im-possible Self-love / / Pleshette DeArmitt.
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, espec...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 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. Narcissism—By What Right?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index