{"product_id":"self-and-subjectivity-isbn-9781405112048","title":"Self and Subjectivity","description":"\u003ci\u003eSelf and Subjectivity\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of seminal essays with commentary that traces the development of conceptions of 'self' and 'subjectivity' in European and Anglo-American philosophical traditions, including feminist scholarship, from Descartes to the present. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Early Modern Philosophy 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Commentary on Descartes 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRené Descartes: “Meditation II” 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Commentary on Locke 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Locke: “Of Identity and Diversity” 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Commentary on Hume 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Hume: “Of Personal Identity” 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Later Modern Philosophy 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Commentary on Kant 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmanuel Kant: Critique of Pure Reason,“Paralogisms of Pure Reason (A)” (first, second, and third paralogisms) 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Commentary on Hegel 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG. W. F. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit, “Self-consciousness: Lordship and Bondage” 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Commentary on Nietzsche 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche: “The Genealogy of Morals” 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Phenomenology and Existentialism 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Commentary on Sartre 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean-Paul Sartre: “The Look” 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Commentary on Merleau-Ponty 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaurice Merleau-Ponty: “The Spatiality of One’s Own Body and Motility” 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Commentary on Heidegger 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Heidegger: “Exposition of the Task of a Preparatory Analysis of Dasein” 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Analytic Philosophy 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Commentary on Strawson 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eP. F. Strawson: “Persons” 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Commentary on Frankfurt 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarry Frankfurt: “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person” 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Commentary on Shoemaker 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSydney Shoemaker: “Personal Identity: A Materialist’s Account” 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Commentary on Williams 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBernard Williams: “Bodily Continuity and Personal Identity” 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Commentary on Parfit 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDerek Parfit: Reasons and Persons, “What We Believe Ourselves To Be” 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Post-structuralism 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Commentary on Freud 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSigmund Freud: “The Ego and the Id” 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Commentary on Foucault 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichel Foucault: “About the Beginnings of the Hermeneutics of the Self:Two Lectures at Dartmouth” 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Commentary on Ricoeur 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Ricoeur: “Personal Identity and Narrative Identity” 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Feminist Philosophy 235\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Commentary on de Beauvoir 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimone de Beauvoir: “Introduction” to The Second Sex 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Commentary on Butler 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudith Butler: “Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity” 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Commentary on Irigaray 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLuce Irigaray: “Any Theory of the ‘Subject’ Has Always Been Appropriated by the ‘Masculine’ ” 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Commentary on Mackenzie 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatriona Mackenzie: “Imagining Oneself Otherwise” 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 305\u003c\/p\u003e  \"...promises to establish [itself] as a key reference text, an invaluable aid for teachers as much as students in the fields of philosophy, social and political sciences, literary and cultural studies.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory” Vol.14, 2006\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSelf and Subjectivity\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb reader. Kim Atkins’s gem-like introductions to each reading, together with the generosity and diversity of her selections, will make this an invaluable text for teachers across a range of disciplines.” \u003ci\u003eJ. M. Bernstein, New School for Social Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Atkins’s imaginative selection of texts from both analytic and continental thinkers –along with cogent samples of feminist, psychoanalytic, and postmodern theories of selfhood – places this work at the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship.” \u003ci\u003eRichard Kearney, Boston College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The extracts are wide-ranging and well-chosen; and Atkins’s commentaries on her selections are informative, clear, and concise. This will be an extremely useful collection for both students and teachers of philosophy.” \u003ci\u003eChristopher Cordner, University of Melbourne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKim Atkins\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Applied Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe International Journal of Philosophical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelf and Subjectivity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of seminal essays with commentary that traces the development of conceptions of “self” and “subjectivity” in European and Anglo-American philosophical traditions, including feminist scholarship, from Descartes to the present. It covers the rise of the philosophy of the subject, its crisis in postmodernity, and the re-articulation of selfhood, agency, and personal identity in very recent times.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book provides a comprehensive, accessible, and high-quality text that introduces the reader to various conceptions of self and subjectivity in relation to their historical, ethical, epistemological, and metaphysical contexts. The volume features essays by Descartes, Hume, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre, Foucault, Judith Butler, Bernard Williams, Derek Parfit, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990002614501,"sku":"NP9781405112048","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405112048.jpg?v=1761786174","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/self-and-subjectivity-isbn-9781405112048","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}