The enlightenment invention of the modern self pdf

Leo Damrosch 是一位美国作家和教授。 2001年，他被任命为哈佛大学欧内斯特·伯恩鲍姆文学教授。 [1] 他获得了学士学位。 耶鲁大学，剑桥大学文学硕士，马歇尔学者，博士。 来自普林斯顿大学。 他的学术专长领域包括浪漫主义、启蒙运动和清教主义。 [1] 达姆罗施的《贵格会耶稣的悲伤》是最近对朋友协会早期历史最重要的探索之一。 他的 Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius (2005) 是美国国家图书奖非小说类作品的决赛入围者，也是 2006 年 L. L. Winship/PEN 新英格兰最佳非小说类作品奖的获得者。 他的其他著作包括《布莱克神话中的象征与真理》（1980 年）、《上帝的阴谋与人的故事：从弥尔顿到菲尔丁的虚构想象研究》（1985 年）、《休谟和约翰逊时代的现实小说》 （1987 年）和“托克维尔发现美洲”（2010 年）。

The enlightenment invention of the modern self pdf 里奥·达姆罗施

"In 24 lectures that let you see the world through the eyes of the Enlightenment's greatest writers, follow the origin of new ways of thinking-ideas we today take for granted but are startlingly recent-about the individual and society. You'll discover how these notions emerged in an era of transition from a world dominated by classical thought, institutional religion, and the aristocracy to one that was increasingly  Read more...

Abstract: "In 24 lectures that let you see the world through the eyes of the Enlightenment's greatest writers, follow the origin of new ways of thinking-ideas we today take for granted but are startlingly recent-about the individual and society. You'll discover how these notions emerged in an era of transition from a world dominated by classical thought, institutional religion, and the aristocracy to one that was increasingly secular, scientific, skeptical, and middle class. These lectures are essentially about ideas and about books-how great ideas are alive and powerful in the pages of significant written works. The guiding premise is that the best way to appreciate the thinking of a given period is to explore its literature. You'll note or discuss at length a range of novels, autobiographies, and biographies from the 1670s to the 1790s, including The Pilgrim's Progress, Candide, The London Journal, The Social Contract, Confessions, and Songs of Innocence and of Experience. If you haven't already done so, this is your opportunity to familiarize yourself with this remarkable collection of works. What was, after all, the modern self that the Enlightenment invented' This engaging lecture series suggests that it was a new human insight, one that rejected absolute or easily generalized explanations and embraced the conflict, confusion, and paradox of life. It was a new and dynamic account of human life-one that continues to both benefit and afflict us. And in the company of a master educator, you can finally discover why our everyday lives in the modern world are indebted to the writings of the Enlightenment thinkers."