The Making of the Modern Self: Identity and Culture in Eighteenth-Century England

by Dror Wahrman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300121393
• ISBN13: 9780300121391
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"