Unselfing : global French literature at the limits of consciousness /

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"Altered states of consciousness--including experiences of deprivation, pain, hallucination, fear, desire, alienation, and spiritual transcendence--can transform the ordinary experience of selfhood. Unselfing explores the nature of disruptive self-experiences and the different shapes they have...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hulstyn, Michaela (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Colección:University of Toronto romance series.
Temas:
1900-1999
French literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Self in literature.
Altered states of consciousness in literature.
Littérature française > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
États modifiés de conscience dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French
Altered states of consciousness in literature
French literature
Self in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Towards a cognitive-phenomenological approach to the self
  • What is unselfing?
  • Unselfing as disruption : self-knowledge and pain in Paul Valéry and Charlotte Delbo
  • Unselfing as mutation : hallucination and the Remains in Henri Michaux and Yolande Mukagasana
  • Unselfing as fragmentation : languages of alterity in Abdelkebir Khatibi and Hélère Cixous
  • Unselfing as destruction : decreation and inner experience in Simone Weil and Georges Bataille
  • Epilogue: Unselfing and coming home.

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