{"product_id":"trials-of-the-self-murder-mayhem-and-the-remaking-of-the-mind-1750-1830-9781526153142","title":"Trials of the Self: Murder, Mayhem and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis highly original study brings together the disparate histories of murder and enlightenment, prostitution and the cult of nature, sodomy and sentimentalism in order to retell the story of the making of the modern self. It suggests that the history of the self needs to attend more to its class dimensions, and puts this insight into practice by examining the influence of the criminal courts in spreading and negotiating changing ideas of the self. Using criminal interrogations and witness statements, \u003ci\u003eTrials of the self\u003c\/i\u003e shows that an increasing stress on psychological depth in the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was not only important for elites, but also for common and illiterate people – sometimes even more so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to do the history of the self: an introduction\u003cbr\u003e1 The self in court: procedures of conscience and confession\u003cbr\u003e2 Making reasonable selves: self-defence, honour and philosophical suicide\u003cbr\u003e3 Losing your self: magic, madness and other ways of losing control\u003cbr\u003e4 The tears of a killer: practicing sentimentalism and romanticism in criminal court\u003cbr\u003e5 The ambiguities of nature: self-talk as a challenge and as an opportunity\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: fragments of a history of the self\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041018380631,"sku":"9781526153142","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526153142.jpg?v=1750948621","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/trials-of-the-self-murder-mayhem-and-the-remaking-of-the-mind-1750-1830-9781526153142","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}