The Making of the Modern Self: Identity and Culture in Eighteenth-Century England

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Dror Wahrman

The Making of the Modern Self

Identity and Culture in Eighteenth-Century England

Dror Wahrman

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English

Yale University
10 January 2007

History; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology

Toward the end of the eighteenth century, a radical change occurred in notions of self and personal identity. This was a sudden transformation, says Dror Wahrman, and nothing short of a revolution in the understanding of selfhood and of identity categories including race, gender, and class. In this pathbreaking book, he offers a fundamentally new interpretation of this critical turning point in Western history. Wahrman demonstrates this transformation with a fascinating variety of cultural evidence from eighteenth-century England, from theater to beekeeping, fashion to philosophy, art to travel and translations of the classics. He discusses notions of self in the earlier 1700s-what he terms the ancien regime of identity-that seem bizarre, even incomprehensible, to present-day readers. He then examines how this peculiar world came to an abrupt end, and the far-reaching consequences of that change. This unrecognized cultural revolution, the author argues, set the scene for the array of new departures that signaled the onset of Western modernity.

By: Dror Wahrman
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9780300121391
ISBN 10: 0300121393
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 10 January 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Winner of the 2004-05 Louis Gottschalk Prize sponsored by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Winner of the 2004 John Ben Snow Prize sponsored by the North American Conference on British Studies Dror Wahrman is professor of history and director of the Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies at Indiana University (Bloomington).

Reviews for The Making of the Modern Self: Identity and Culture in Eighteenth-Century England

A comprehensive and richly documented magnum opus on the modern self... The book in all its richness is a fascinating, powerfully argued work that will spawn nuanced debates for a long time into the future. Felicity A. Nussbaum, American Historical Review