Secret selves a history of our inner space

Our secret, inner, sense of self - what we feel makes us distinctively 'us' - seems a natural and permanent part of being human, yet in fact it is surprisingly new. Over the last 2,000 years we have increasingly felt old sources of identity, such as family, tribe, or social status, as inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Prickett, Stephen, autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic 2021
Edition:First published in the United States of America 2021
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A Self-Conscious Story
  • 1. Visions, Dreams ? and that which hath no Bottom
  • 2. Room On All Three Floors: Dante to Macdonald 3. The Mind has Mountains: Landscape into Psyche 4. From China to Peru: Global Imaginations 5. Children's Spaces: Adult Fantasies 6. Far Fetched Facts and Further Fictions: Furnishing with Extremes 7. Experience of Self: From Identity to Individuality Conclusion: Know Thyself: Facebook, Cyborgs, and Reincarnation
  • Index