The Idea of the Self: Thought and Experience in Western Europe Since the Seventeenth Century

by Jerrold E. Seigel

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What is the self? The question has preoccupied people in many times and places, but nowhere more than in the modern West, where it has spawned debates that still resound today. Jerrold Seigel combines theoretical and contextual approaches to explore the ways key figures have understood whether and how far individuals can achieve coherence and consistency in the face of inner tensions and external pressures. Clarifying that recent post-modernist accounts...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521605547

ISBN13:9780521605540

Release Date:March 2005

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:724 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Consciousness & Thought Europe History Humanities Ireland Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences

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