The Right to Narcissism A Case for an Im-Possible Self-Love

"Deftly working at the intersection of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature, D'Armitt makes a fascinating case for self-love, or narcissism. With subtle and incisive readings of Rousseau, Kristeva and Derrida, D'Armitt shows the necessity for rethinking narcissism as an ethics of otherness."-Kelly Oliver, Vanderbilt University "Pleshette DeArmitt's gem of a book, The Right to Narcissism, makes a cogent, timely, and well-crafted case in support of reclaiming the concept of narcissism from the pejorative meanings with which it has most commonly been associated for much of the modern era."-Elissa Marder, Emory Univeristy