| The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault: A Genealogy of the 'Confessing Animal' Contributor(s): Taylor, Chloë (Author) |
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ISBN: 041588781X ISBN-13: 9780415887816 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Philosophy | Movements - Structuralism |
| Dewey: 128.4 |
| Series: Studies in Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.93 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |