{"product_id":"cloneliness-on-the-reproduction-of-loneliness-paperback","title":"Cloneliness: On the Reproduction of Loneliness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael O'Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent posthuman philosophies, human-computer interface studies, and technology-inspired biopolitical discourses and practices are reinventing and reimagining loneliness in different communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloneliness: The Reproduction of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e takes a cross-cultural approach to loneliness by examining 20th-century artistic expressions and examinations of loneliness in the context of more recent global expressions grounded in social networks, virtual reality, the biopolitical commons, academic credentialization and such practices as \u003ci\u003eHikikomori\u003c\/i\u003e. Newer forms of loneliness, pushed by the algorithms of biopolitical capitalism, result in what this books calls \"cloneliness.\" Michael O'Sullivan plots the transformation in loneliness in literature and philosophy in readings that take us from Henry James and such classic works as Frank O'Connor's \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Voice \u003c\/i\u003eand Richard Yates's \u003ci\u003eEleven Kinds of Loneliness \u003c\/i\u003eto more recent expressions in such writers as David Foster Wallace, Yiyun Li, and Sayaka Murata. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael O'Sullivan argues that cloneliness as an institutional practice of reproduction in society nurtures, normalizes, and reproduces loneliness in order to create subjects who are more willing to accept ideologies of competition, \"extreme individualism,\" and the stresses of being \"interconnected loners.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael O'Sullivan \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eWeakness: A Literary and Philosophical History\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2014), \u003ci\u003eAcademic Barbarism, Universities, and Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and \u003ci\u003eThe Humanities in Contemporary Chinese Contexts\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). He is the founding editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eHong Kong Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344338805043,"sku":"9781501378355","price":87.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/C-Prm0F5Tf9781501378355.webp?v=1778725064","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/cloneliness-on-the-reproduction-of-loneliness-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}