{"product_id":"the-sovereign-self-pitfalls-of-identity-politics-hardback-9781509551224","title":"The Sovereign Self; Pitfalls of Identity Politics (Hardback) 9781509551224","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sovereign Self\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePitfalls of Identity Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElisabeth Roudinesco (Author), Catherine Porter (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509551224, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 November 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this profoundly compelling and exceptionally far-reaching book, Elisabeth Roudinesco ruthlessly exposes the benighted logic behind the emancipatory countenance of contemporary identity politics. Fierce, fearless, and forward-looking, she reclaims the legitimate right to an open debate in a world in which people’s desperate search for a redemptive identity has elicited new forms of intellectual, social, and ideological violence. I expect this book to create a storm, which will not only be perfect, but totally unavoidable and absolutely necessary.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDany Nobus, Professor of Psychoanalytic Psychology, \u003ci\u003eBrunel University London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Roudinesco’s book makes an important, timely, and courageous contribution to the vexed issue of identity politics. Debunking ideologies that take ‘his majesty the ego’ as a weapon, her book shows concretely how the truth of the political subject emerges where identity fails. This is the work of a true historian, while touching the nerve of crucial debates of our present times.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Michel Rabaté, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e American Academy of Arts and Sciences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“We are blessed to have such a guide into the murkiest regions of high theory.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe toppling of statues in the name of anti-racism is disconcerting, as is the violence sometimes displayed towards others in the name of gender equality. The emancipation movements of the past seem to have undergone a subtle transformation: the struggle now is not so much to bring about progress but rather to denounce offenses, express indignation, and assert identities, sometimes in order to demand recognition. The individual’s commitment to self-definition and self-appreciation, understood as the exercise of a sovereign right, has become a distinctive sign of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElisabeth Roudinesco takes us into the darker corners of identity thinking, where conspiracy theories, rejection of the other, and incitement to violence are often part of the mix. But she also points to several paths that could lead us away from despair and toward a possible world in which everyone can adhere to the principle according to which “I am myself, that’s all there is to it” without denying the diversity of human communities or essentializing either universality or difference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis bold and courageous interrogation of identity politics will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the state of our world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Assigning Identities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beirut 2005: who am I?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Secularisms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The politics of Narcissus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Berkeley 1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Galaxy of Gender\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paris 1949: one is not born a woman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Vienna 1912: Is anatomy destiny?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Highlights and disappointments of gender studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Transidentities \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inquisitorial follies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Psychiatry in full retreat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New York: Queer Nation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Disseminating human gender\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I am neither white nor woman nor man, but half Lebanese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Deconstructing Race\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       Paris 1952: race does not exist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       Colonialism and anticolonialism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       “Nègre je suis”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       Writing toward Algeria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       Mixed-race identities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Postcolonialities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       “Is Sartre still alive?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Descartes, a white male colonialist \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Flaubert and Kuchuk Hanem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tehran 1979: dreaming of a crusade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The subaltern identity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Labyrinth of Intersectionality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Memories in dispute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Je suis Charlie”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Iconoclastic rage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Great Replacements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Oneself against all\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The terror of invasion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Big Other”: from Boulouris to La Campagne de France\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441811484952,"sku":"9781509551224","price":45.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509551224.jpg?v=1785026631","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sovereign-self-pitfalls-of-identity-politics-hardback-9781509551224","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}