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Rewriting the Self Roy Porter (Deceased, literary executor and royalty recipient is Natsu Hattori, his wife.)

Rewriting the Self By Roy Porter (Deceased, literary executor and royalty recipient is Natsu Hattori, his wife.)

Summary

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 Summary

Rewriting the Self: Histories from the Middle Ages to the Present by Roy Porter (Deceased, literary executor and royalty recipient is Natsu Hattori, his wife.)

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.

Rewriting the Self Reviews

`..astonishing assembly of essays on ideas of the self,..' - The Guardian

`The essays are of uneven quality, but the collection is full of provocative insights..' - Terry McCarthy

'On the whole the editor has managed well to provide a healthy balance between 'overview' discussions and more specific analyses. The subject matter is uniformly interesting and contributors make a habit of raising stimulating isues.' - History Review

About Roy Porter (Deceased, literary executor and royalty recipient is Natsu Hattori, his wife.)

Roy Porter

Table of Contents

Section 1: Renaissance and Early Modern 1. Representations of the self from Petrarch to Descartes, Peter Burke 2. Self and selfhood in the seventeenth century, Jonathan Sawday 3. Self-reflection and the self, Roger Smith Section 2: Enlightenment 4. Religions Experience and the Formation of the Early Enlightenment Self, Jane Shaw 5. The European enlightenment and the history of the self, E.J. Hundert 6. The Death and rebirth of character in the 18th century, Sylvana Tomaselli 7. `Another Self in the Case': Gender, Marriage, and the Individual in Augustan Literature, Carolyn Williams 8. Feelings and novels, John Mullan Section 3: Romanticism 9. Romantic Travel, Roger Cardinal 10. ...as a rule, I does not mean I: Personal Identity and the Victorian Woman Poet, Kate Flint 11. Mapping the Self: Gender, space and Modernity in mid-Victorian London, Lynn Nead 12. Stories of the Eye, Daniel Pick Section 4: Modern and Post-Modern 13. The Modern Auditory I, Steve Connor 14. Assembling the modern self, Nikolas Rose 15. Death and the self, Jonathan Dollimore 16. Self-Undoing Subjects, Terry Eagleton.

Additional information

GOR002155430
9780415142809
0415142806
Rewriting the Self: Histories from the Middle Ages to the Present by Roy Porter (Deceased, literary executor and royalty recipient is Natsu Hattori, his wife.)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19961205
296
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