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Inventing our Selves: Psychology, Power, and Personhood (Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology) - Softcover

Rose, Nikolas

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9780521646079: Inventing our Selves: Psychology, Power, and Personhood (Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology)
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ISBN 10: 0521646073 ISBN 13: 9780521646079
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Inventing Our Selves proposes a radical new approach to the analysis of our current regime of the self, and the values of autonomy, identity, individuality, liberty and choice that animate it. It argues that psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and other "psy" disciplines have played a key role in "inventing our selves," changing the ways in which human beings understand and act upon themselves, and how they are acted upon by politicians, managers, doctors, therapists and a multitude of other authorities. These mutations are intrinsically linked to recent changes in ways of understanding and exercising political power, which have stressed the values of autonomy, personal responsibility and choice. The aim of this critical history is to diagnose and destabilize our contemporary "condition" of the self, to help us think differently about the kind of persons we are, or might become.

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Book Description

Inventing Our Selves proposes a radical new approach to the analysis of our current regime of the self and the values that animate it. It argues that psychology and other "psy" disciplines have played a key role in "inventing our selves" by changing the ways in which human beings understand themselves. The aim of this critical history is to diagnose and destabilize our contemporary "condition" of the self, to help us think differently about the kind of persons we are, or might become.

About the Author

Nikolas Rose is James Martin White Professor of Sociology and Director of the BIOS Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include "The Psychological Complex, Governing the Soul, Inventing Our Selves," and "Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought."

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521646073
ISBN 13 
9780521646079
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
236
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