{"product_id":"9780989428453","title":"Two Be or Not Two Be","description":"Two Be or Not Two Be is an inquiry into the construction of identity, the concepts of sameness and self regarded from a postal perspective and postal economy of sendings and returns. Through a reading of Derridás The Postcard and Freu\u0026amp;dacute;s Beyond the Pleasure Principle the self is brought from stasis to movement, from a given to a gift: The gift of self that one must ceaselessly give and hand over to one-self.\u003cbr\u003eFollowing in the footsteps of the animal and in particular the territorial animal marking out a piece of land, manifesting it-self through repetitions and returns, the author asks: In what way does this animal practice differ from the everyday practice of humans and our influence on our surroundings? Are we not as well constantly engaged in a doubling practice turning our surroundings into mirrors and surfaces for our image and its return? Endlessly engaged in a writing and a marking of objects and each other? What in this sense is in other words not auto-biographical in our conduct? A life self-written, a self-writing of life, and a life-writing of self.","brand":"Atropos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50016942784752,"sku":"9780989428453","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780989428453","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}