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The Making of the Modern Self

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Toward the end of the eighteenth century, a radical change occurred in notions of self and personal identity. This was a sudden transformation, says Dror Wahrman, and nothing short of a revolution in the understanding of selfhood and of identity categories including race, gender, and class. In this pathbreaking book, he offers a fundamentally new interpretation of this critical turning point in Western history.
Wahrman demonstrates this transformation with a fascinating variety of cultural evidence from eighteenth-century England, from theater to beekeeping, fashion to philosophy, art to travel and translations of the classics. He discusses notions of self in the earlier 1700s―what he terms the ancient regime of identity―that seem bizarre, even incomprehensible, to present-day readers. He then examines how this peculiar world came to an abrupt end, and the far-reaching consequences of that change. This unrecognized cultural revolution, the author argues, set the scene for the array of new departures that signaled the onset of Western modernity.

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Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

online

Penerbit

United States of America : Yale University Press., 2004

Deskripsi Fisik

432 p.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780300102512

Klasifikasi

NONE

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

electronic

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

First Edition

Subjek

Self (Philosophy)
Great Britain -- History
Great Britain -- History -- 18th Century

Info Detail Spesifik

Set in Ehrhardt by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd, Hong Kong Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press Ltd, Bury St Edmunds

Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Wahrman, Dror

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