Simulated Selves: The Undoing of Personal Identity in the Modern World

by Andrew Spira

Book Overview

The notion of a personal self took centuries to evolve, reaching the pinnacle of autonomy with Descartes' 'I think, therefore I am' in the 17th century. This 'personalisation' of identity thrived for another hundred years before it began to be questioned, subject to the emergence of broader, more inclusive forms of agency. Simulated Selves: The Undoing Personal Identity in the Modern World addresses the 'constructed' notion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350298166
• ISBN13: 9781350298163
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"