Description
Book SynopsisAn account of modern ideas of selfhood that juxtaposes the relation between confessor and woman mystic in late medieval texts with examples from the early history of psychoanalysis (Freud/Breuer) to show the importance of taking into account human connectedness, gender and religious practices when studying the history of modern identity.
Trade Review"It stands on its own as a new and essential contribution both to the interpretation of the significance of medieval mysticism and to question of identity-formation." -- -Niklaus Largier University of California, Berkeley "The book is about surprising 'ourselves out of our preconceptions' - so as to be able to revise our assumptions about who we are. But the book also demonstrates what it is about: in reading the book we are as readers offered opportunities to let ourselves be surprised." -- -Arne Gron University of Copenhagen "This engaging, challenging book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the theme of deification in Western thought, a long-neglected topic that nevertheless remains central to Christian theology." -Ephemerides Theolicae Lovanienses
