I in the Eye: Situating Narcissistic Drive in a Sociology of Functional Governance
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This tries to theorise the idea of ‘self-love’ or ‘narcissistic drive’ by placing it side-by-side with the social life of humans. Human Subject and that subject’s image of itself has always been a problem in the field of theoretical analyses. Departing from the de facto negativity associated with the term in the contemporary epistemology, this paper tries to make a move towards associating this drive with the fundamentals of governance of life and social cohesion. Then, it is argued that this drive plays a vital role in the systems of governmentality with a functional aspect inscribed into it.
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