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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.
The Right to Narcissism: A Case for an Im-possible Self-love argues
for a rethinking of the concept of narcissism and aims to wrest it
from its common and pejorative meanings, egoism and vanity, by
revealing the complexity and importance of this notion. In a time
when philosophers, cultural theorists, and literary scholars have
emphasized the problematic disregard for the other, is it not sheer
hubris or folly to make a case for a right to narcissism? Yet, this
is precisely what Jacques Derrida does in the Right to Inspection,
in which he boldly calls for the rehabilitation of this much
maligned concept and experience. Inspired by Derrida's provocation,
this book undertakes the work of rehabilitating "narcissism" by
patiently reexamining the terms and figures that have been
associated with it. It does so by taking up the innovative and
surprising treatments of narcissism in the writings of Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, Julia Kristeva, and Jacques Derrida.
Draws connections between the life and writings of philosopher Sarah Kofman.
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