{"product_id":"9783030191931","title":"From Self to Selfie: A Critique of Contemporary Forms of Alienation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFrom Self to Selfie: A Critique of Contemporary Forms of Alienation\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKennedy, Angus; Panton, James\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited collection charts the rise and the fall of the self, from its emergence as an autonomous agent during the Enlightenment, to the modern-day\u003ci\u003e selfie \u003c\/i\u003eself, whose existence is realised only through continuous external validation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the trajectory of selfhood in its historical development - from the Reformation onwards -  the authors introduce the classic liberal account of the self, based on ideas of freedom and autonomy, that dominated Enlightenment discourse. Subsequent chapters explore whether this traditional notion has been eclipsed by new, more rigid, categories of identity, that alienate the self from itself and its possibilities: what I am, it seems, has become more important than what I might make of myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese changing dynamics of selfhood – the transition \u003ci\u003eFrom Self to Selfie - \u003c\/i\u003ereveal not only the peculiar ways in which selfhood is problematized in contemporary society, but equally thetragic fragility of the selfie, in the absence of any social authority that could give it some security.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-08-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030191931\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-19194-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 228\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47526777716876,"sku":"9783030191931","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030191931.jpg?v=1776037446","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030191931","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}