Rewriting the Self

Histories from the Middle Ages to the Present

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

1996
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-14280-9 (ISBN)

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A lively and controversial exploration of ideas of the self in the western cultural tradition from the Renaissance to the present. Highly esteemed contributors analyse differing models of personal identity from a variety of perspectives.

Rewriting the Self is an exploration of ideas of the self in the western cultural tradition from the Renaissance to the Present. The contributors analyse differing religious, philosophical, psychological, political, psychoanalytical and literary models of personal identity. They examine these models from a number of viewpoints, including the history of ideas, contemporary gender politics, and post-modernist literary theory.
Rewriting the Self offers a challenge to the received version of the 'ascent of western man'. Lively and controversial, the book broaches big questions in an accessible way.
Rewriting the Self arises from a seminar series held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. The contributors include prominent academics from a range of disciplines.

Roy Porter

List of plates, Notes on contributors, Preface, Acknowledgements, INTRODUCTION, Part I: Renaissance and early modern, Part II: Enlightenment, Part III: Romanticism, Part IV: Modern and postmodern, Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.12.1996
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	550 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-415-14280-6 / 0415142806
ISBN-13	978-0-415-14280-9 / 9780415142809
Zustand	Neuware