The making of the modern self [[electronic resource] ] : identity and culture in eighteenth-century England / / Dror Wahrman
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Wahrman Dror
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| Titolo: |
The making of the modern self [[electronic resource] ] : identity and culture in eighteenth-century England / / Dror Wahrman
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| Pubblicazione: | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xviii, 414 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 126/.0941/09033 |
| Soggetto topico: | Identity (Psychology) - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
| Self (Philosophy) - Great Britain - History - 18th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Civilization 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Before the Self: The Ancient Régime of Identity and the Revolution -- Snapshot: On Queen Bees and Being Queens -- Chapter 1. Varieties of Gender in Eighteenth-Century England -- Chapter 2. Gender Identities and the Limits of Cultural History -- Chapter 3. Climate, Civilization, and Complexion: Varieties of Race -- Wide-Angle Lens: Gender, Race, Class, and Other Animals -- Bird's-Eye View: The Eighteenth-Century Masquerade -- Chapter 4. The Ancient Régime of Identity -- Chapter 5. Religion, Commerce, and Empire: Enabling Contexts of Identity's Ancient Régime -- Chapter 6. The Ancient Régime and the Revolution -- Chapter 7. The Modern Regime of Selfhood -- The Panoramic View: Making an Example of the French -- Notes -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The making of the modern self |
| ISBN: | 1-281-73471-3 |
| 9786611734718 | |
| 0-300-13459-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451955203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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