Identity and Difference
Subtitle: Contemporary Debates on the Self
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jan 11, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9783319404264
Description: This book provides a persuasive account of how identity and difference factor in the debate on the self in the humanities. It explores this topic by applying the question to fields such as philosophy, cultural studies, politics and race studies. Key themes discussed in this collection include authenticity in Michel de Montaigne?s essays, the limits of the narrative constitution of the self, the use and abuse of the notion of human nature in political theory and in the current political context of multiculturalism, and the feminist notion of the erotic and of sexual violence. This book will appeal to readers with an interest in new perspectives on the self within the humanities.
Notes: Source title: Identity and Difference: Contemporary Debates on the Self