Daniel Defoe and the Representation of Personal Identity (Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature Book 13) by Borsing, Christopher - 8/25/2016

New. The concept of a personal identity was a contentious issue in the early eighteenth century. John Locke's philosophical discussion of personal identity in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding fostered a public debate upon the status of an immortal Christian soul. This book argues that Defoe, like many of this age, had religious difficulties with Locke's empiricist analysis of human identity. In particular, it examines how Defoe explores competitive individualism as a social threat while also demonstrating the literary and psychological fiction of any concept of a separated, lone identity. This foreshadows Michel Foucault's assertion that the idea of man is 'a recent invention, a figure not yet two centuries old, a new wrinkle in our knowledge'. The monograph's engagement with Defoe's destabilization of any definition or image of personal identity across a wide range of genres - including satire, political propaganda, history, conduct literature, travel narrative,… Read More

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Taylor & Francis, 2019. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 201 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

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Taylor & Francis, 2019. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 201 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

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Routledge, 2016. Hardcover. New. 201 pages. 9.23x6.25x0.50 inches.