From Self to Selfie A Critique of Contemporary Forms of Alienation /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kennedy, Angus (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Panton, James (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Social sciences.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Political sociology.; Self and Identity.; Popular Social Sciences.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Political Sociology.

This edited collection charts the rise and the fall of the self, from its emergence as an autonomous agent during the Enlightenment, to the modern-day selfie self, whose existence is realised only through continuous external validation. Tracing the trajectory of selfhood in its historical developmen...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part 1
• 1. Introduction: Classical and Contemporary Forms of Alienation; James Panton
• 2. The Emergence of the Self in History; Frank Furedi
• 3. In Praise of Selfish Individualism; Jamie Whyte. 4. Self-Enlightenment; Angus Kennedy
• 5. 'Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Wellbeing.' J.S. Mill and the Nineteenth-Century Liberal Individual; James Panton
• 6. The Rise and Fall of the Rule of Law; Jon Holbrook
• Part 2
• 7. Autonomy and the Birth of Authenticity; Tim Black
• 8. Self, Society, Alienation: From Marx to Identity Politics; Josie Appleton
• 9.. Anti-Humanism and the Deconstruction of the Liberal Subject; James Heartfield
• 10. Narcissism and Identity; Claire Fox
• 11. New Forms of Alienation; Frank Furedi
• 12. Conclusion: The Self and Its Prospects; Angus Kennedy.