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Enigmas of Identity
Peter Brooks
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Description for Enigmas of Identity
Hardback. Draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly modern preoccupation. This book addresses the social, legal, and personal anxieties provoked by the rise of individualism and selfhood in modern culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 color illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HPM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
"We know that it matters crucially to be able to say who we are, why we are here, and where we are going," Peter Brooks writes in Enigmas of Identity. Many of us are also uncomfortably aware that we cannot provide a convincing account of our identity to others or even ourselves. Despite or because of that failure, we keep searching for identity, making it up, trying to authenticate it, and inventing excuses for our unpersuasive stories about it. This wide-ranging book draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly ... Read more
"We know that it matters crucially to be able to say who we are, why we are here, and where we are going," Peter Brooks writes in Enigmas of Identity. Many of us are also uncomfortably aware that we cannot provide a convincing account of our identity to others or even ourselves. Despite or because of that failure, we keep searching for identity, making it up, trying to authenticate it, and inventing excuses for our unpersuasive stories about it. This wide-ranging book draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691151588
SKU
V9780691151588
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About Peter Brooks
Peter Brooks is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholar at Princeton University. He is the author of many works of literary criticism, including "Henry James Goes to Paris" (Princeton), "Reading for the Plot", "Psychoanalysis and Storytelling", and "Troubling Confessions". He is also the author of two novels, "The Emperor's Body" and "World Elsewhere".
Reviews for Enigmas of Identity
"A wide range of knowledge allows Brooks to make myriad connections and to cast a wider net, as it were, around his topic, finding resonances in many places."
Stephan Delbos, Prague Post "Rich, complex, and rewarding."
Choice "Elegant and provocative, Enigmas of Identity offers new insights into the questions and clues about who we think we are."
World Book Industry "Brooks's aim
to enrich ... Read more
Stephan Delbos, Prague Post "Rich, complex, and rewarding."
Choice "Elegant and provocative, Enigmas of Identity offers new insights into the questions and clues about who we think we are."
World Book Industry "Brooks's aim
to enrich ... Read more