The invention of the self : personal identity in the age of art /: personal identity in the age of art. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Spira.
• Authors: Spira, Andrew
• Contents: Prefaceacknowledgements1. The Concept of the Self 2. The Emergence of the Self: the Structure of the Medieval Church and Popular, Heretical and Visionary Dissensions from it 3. The Resurrection of theoretical Self: Imaginative Empathy with the Suffering and Death of Christ 4. The Localisation of the Self: the Origins of Perspective and the Accommodation of the Self in Pictorial Space 5. The Necessitation of the Self: the Ennoblement of the Artist and the Invention of an Archetype 6. The Abstraction of the Self: the Secularisation of Subject-Matter and the Commodification of Art 7. The Imaginary Environments of the Self: its Physical and Intellectual Frames of Mind 8. The Privatisation of the Self: Fireplaces, Beds and Mirrors 9. The Automation of the Self: the Material Culture of Time-keeping 10. The Sensibilities of the Self: Courtesy, Conversation, Letter-writing and Novel-reading 11. The Behaviour of the Self: the Codification of Sensibility in Domestic Life 12. The Portrayal of the Self: Facial Expression and the Language of Personal Emotion 13. The Enjoyment of the Self: Sexuality and the Valorisation of Meaningless Pleasure 14. The Embodiment of the Self: the Awakening to Sensation 15. The Autonomy of the Self: the Invention of Taste and Aesthetics 16. The Naturalness of the Self: the Picturesque Transformation of Nature into a Mirror of Personal Sublimity 17. The Consummation of the Self: the Sanctification of Art 18. The Seamless Garment of the Self bibliographyindex.
• Publisher Details: London, UK New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 414 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 126; Self (Philosophy); Self; Identity (Philosophical concept); Arts; Arts; Identity (Philosophical concept); Self; Self (Philosophy); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350091047; 1350091049; 9781350091061; 1350091065
• Related ISBNs: 9781350091054
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 11, 2020).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.