Trials of the Self
Murder, Mayhem and the Remaking of the Mind, 1750–1830
Seiten
2021
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-5314-2 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-5314-2 (ISBN)
Duellists, drunks and remorseful murderers populate Trials of the self, which highlights the criminal court as a space for publicising and negotiating models of the self. Using criminal trial records, the book argues that inner depth became increasingly important around 1800, not only for elites, but also for common people. -- .
This highly original study brings together the disparate histories of murder and enlightenment, prostitution and the cult of nature, sodomy and sentimentalism in order to retell the story of the making of the modern self. It suggests that the history of the self needs to attend more to its class dimensions, and puts this insight into practice by examining the influence of the criminal courts in spreading and negotiating changing ideas of the self. Using criminal interrogations and witness statements, Trials of the self shows that an increasing stress on psychological depth in the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was not only important for elites, but also for common and illiterate people – sometimes even more so.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .
This highly original study brings together the disparate histories of murder and enlightenment, prostitution and the cult of nature, sodomy and sentimentalism in order to retell the story of the making of the modern self. It suggests that the history of the self needs to attend more to its class dimensions, and puts this insight into practice by examining the influence of the criminal courts in spreading and negotiating changing ideas of the self. Using criminal interrogations and witness statements, Trials of the self shows that an increasing stress on psychological depth in the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was not only important for elites, but also for common and illiterate people – sometimes even more so.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .
Elwin Hofman is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders, KU Leuven -- .
How to do the history of the self: an introduction
1 The self in court: procedures of conscience and confession
2 Making reasonable selves: self-defence, honour and philosophical suicide
3 Losing your self: magic, madness and other ways of losing control
4 The tears of a killer: practicing sentimentalism and romanticism in criminal court
5 The ambiguities of nature: self-talk as a challenge and as an opportunity
Conclusion: fragments of a history of the self
Index -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Early Modern European History |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 526 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-5314-9 / 1526153149 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-5314-2 / 9781526153142 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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