Trials of the Self

Murder, Mayhem and the Remaking of the Mind, 1750-1830

Trials of the Self
Elwin Hofman
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Hardback
h234 x 156mm - 264pg
13 Apr 2021 UK
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9781526153142
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This highly original study brings together the disparate histories of murder and enlightenment, prostitution and the cult of nature, sodomy and sentimentalism in order to retell the story of the making of the modern self. It suggests that the history of the self needs to attend more to its class dimensions, and puts this insight into practice by examining the influence of the criminal courts in spreading and negotiating changing ideas of the self. Using criminal interrogations and witness statements, Trials of the self shows that an increasing stress on psychological depth in the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was not only important for elites, but also for common and illiterate people - sometimes even more so.
Elwin Hofman is a postdoctoral researcher at Research Foundation - Flanders, KU Leuven
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ISBN-13: 9781526153142
Published: 13 Apr 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 264

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