{"product_id":"9780745652610","title":"Ontology of the Accident An Essay on Destructive Plasticity","description":"\u003ch1\u003eOntology of the Accident\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Essay on Destructive Plasticity\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCatherine Malabou | Carolyn Shread\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn the usual order of things, lives run their course and eventually one becomes who one is. Bodily and psychic transformations do nothing but reinforce the permanence of identity. But as a result of serious trauma, or sometimes for no reason at all, a subject’s history splits and a new, unprecedented persona comes to live with the former person - an unrecognizable persona whose present comes from no past and whose future harbors nothing to come; an existential improvisation, a form born of the accident and by accident. Out of a deep cut opened in a biography, a new being comes into the world for a second time. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What is this form? A face? A psychological profile? What ontology can it account for, if ontology has always been attached to the essential, forever blind to the \u003ci\u003ealéa\u003c\/i\u003e of transformations? What history of being can the plastic power of destruction explain? What can it tell us about the explosive tendency of existence that secretly threatens each one of us?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Continuing her reflections on destructive plasticity, split identities and the psychic consequences experienced by those who have suffered brain injury or have been traumatized by war and other catastrophes, Catherine Malabou invites us to join her in a philosophic and literary adventure in which Spinoza, Deleuze and Freud cross paths with Proust and Duras.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Malabou\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Kingston University London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 July 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745652610\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e112\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310577184908,"sku":"9780745652610","price":12.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745652610_25304f4e-dbba-442f-8a74-4dfb26e13d73.jpg?v=1780165265","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780745652610","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}