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Autore |
Goldstein Jan <1946-> |
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The post-revolutionary self [[electronic resource] ] : politics and psyche in France, 1750-1850 / / Jan Goldstein |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 414 p. ) : ill |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Psychiatry - France - History - 18th century |
Psychiatry - France - History - 19th century |
Monomania |
Ego (Psychology) |
Middle class - France - History - 18th century |
Middle class - France - History - 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2005. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-397) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Psychological Interiority versus Self-Talk -- I. THE PROBLEM FOR WHICH PSYCHOLOGY FURNISHED A SOLUTION -- 1. The Perils of Imagination at the End of the Old Regime -- 2. The Revolutionary Schooling of Imagination -- II. THE POLITICS OF SELFHOOD -- 3. Is There a Self in This Mental Apparatus? -- 4. An A Priori Self for the Bourgeois Male: Victor Cousin's Project -- 5. Cousinian Hegemony -- 6. Religious and Secular Access to the Vie Intérieure: Renan at the Crossroads -- 7. A Palpable Self for the Socially Marginal: The Phrenological Alternative -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Note on Sources -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the wake of the French Revolution, as attempts to restore political stability to France repeatedly failed, a group of concerned intellectuals identified a likely culprit: the prevalent sensationalist psychology, and especially the flimsy and fragmented self it produced. They proposed a vast, state-run pedagogical project to replace sensationalism with a new psychology that showcased an indivisible and actively willing self, or moi. As conceived and executed by Victor Cousin, this long-lived |
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