The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault : A Genealogy of the 'Confessing Animal'
by
Chloe Taylor
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Philosophy
ISBN-10
0415963710
ISBN-13
9780415963718
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 25th, 2008
Print length
312 Pages
Weight
740 grams
Product Classification:
Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism
Ksh 30,600.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
Delivery in 28 days
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 28 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, as well as the history of Western confessional writings from Ancient Greece to contemporary pop culture, this book challenges the transhistorical and commonsense views of confession as an innate impulse resulting in the psychological liberation of the confessing subject.
Drawing on the work of Foucault and Western confessional writings, this book challenges the transhistorical and commonsense views of confession as an innate impulse resulting in the psychological liberation of the confessing subject. Instead, confessional desire is argued to be contingent and constraining, and alternatives to confessional subjectivity are explored.
Get The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Taylor & Francis Ltd and it has pages.
