Rewriting the Self by Roy Porter

Rewriting the Self by Roy Porter

Rewriting the Self is an exploration of ideas of the self in the western cultural tradition from the Renaissance to the Present. The contributors analyse differing religious, philosophical, psychological, political, psychoanalytical and literary models of personal identity. They examine these models from a number of viewpoints, including the history of ideas, contemporary gender politics, and post-modernist literary theory. Rewriting the Self offers a challenge to the received version of the 'ascent of western man'. Lively and controversial, the book broaches big questions in an accessible way. Rewriting the Self arises from a seminar series held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. The contributors include prominent academics from a range of disciplines.

`.astonishing assembly of essays on ideas of the self,..' - The Guardian

`The essays are of uneven quality, but the collection is full of provocative insights..' - Terry McCarthy

'On the whole the editor has managed well to provide a healthy balance between 'overview' discussions and more specific analyses. The subject matter is uniformly interesting and contributors make a habit of raising stimulating isues.' - History Review

Roy Porter zahlt zu den renommiertesten Medizinhistorikern der Welt. Er war Professor fur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin am Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in London und hat zahlreiche Bucher zu medizin- und sozialgeschichtlichen Themen verfasst und herausgegeben. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte waren die Medizin des 18. Jahrhunderts, die Geschichte der Psychiatrie und die Geschichte der Quacksalberei. Dietrich von Engelhardt charakterisiert ihn in seinem Geleitwort zum vorliegenden Buch so: >>Porter, produktiv und vital im Gesprach, im Vortrag wie im literarischen Schaffen, ist ein profunder und geistreicher Kenner der historischen Entwicklung der Medizin und gehort zu jenen Medizinhistorikern der Gegenwart, die stets die immanenten Dimensionen der Medizin mit den sozialkulturellen Hintergrunden in Verbindung bringen.

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ISBN 13	9780415142809
ISBN 10	0415142806
Title	Rewriting the Self
Author	Roy Porter
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1996-12-05
Number of pages	296
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