{"title":"Daniel Dufournaud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Dufournaud\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate intersections of morality and failure within modern American literature. His works offer a thoughtful critique of ethical dilemmas faced by contemporary characters, inviting readers to consider the deeper cultural and philosophical questions embedded in storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Dufournaud’s writings provide an insightful examination of how literature reflects societal values and struggles. Readers can expect intellectually engaging texts that challenge conventional perspectives on success, ethics, and the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"failure-and-ethics-in-contemporary-american-literature-by-daniel-dufournaud-9781399554466","title":"Failure and Ethics in Contemporary American Literature","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFailure and Ethics in Contemporary American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e contends that failure is both a response to the social and economic conditions of neoliberalism and a site of ethical imagining where alternative modes of being and being together are proposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Dufournaud capaciously construes failure to include performing badly, unhappiness and dysphoria, family dysfunction, and formal discontinuity. He contends that the function of failure in contemporary American literature resonates with the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Levinas, the self emerges as a conscious subject only through the imposition of the Other, a preconscious sequence that installs responsibility for others at the heart of selfhood. Levinas frames the suspension of egoism and the self's concomitant awareness of its constitutive responsibility as an \u003cem\u003eethical interruption\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilarly, this study's primary texts treat failure as an interruption that forces the self to acknowledge its foundational sociality, an acknowledgement that contests neoliberalism's individualist protocols.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934023860460,"sku":"9781399554466","price":357.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399554466-failure-and-ethics-in-contemporary-american-literature.jpg?v=1783890351"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/daniel-dufournaud.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}