The Invention of the Self: Personal Identity in the Age of Art

by Andrew Spira

Book Overview

This book is an examination of personal identity, exploring both who we think we are, and how we construct the sense of ourselves through art. It proposes that the notion of personal identity is a psycho-social construction that has evolved over many centuries. While this idea has been widely discussed in recent years, Andrew Spira approaches it from a completely new point of view. Rather than relying on the thinking subject's attempts to identify...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350091057
• ISBN13: 9781350091054
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"