Culture of confession from augustine to foucault, the: a genealogy of the 'confessing animal'
Auteur :
Taylor, Chloe
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415963718
Date de publication :
25 août 2008
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
740 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, as well as the history of Western confessional writings from Ancient Greece to contemporary pop culture, this book challenges the transhistorical and commonsense views of confession as an innate impulse resulting in the psychological liberation of the confessing subject.