Trials of the Self : Murder, Mayhem and the Remaking of the Mind, 1750-1830.
Duellists, drunks and remorseful murderers populate Trials of the self, which highlights the criminal court as a space for publicising and negotiating models of the self. Using criminal trial records, the book argues that inner depth became increasingly important around 1800, not only for elites, bu...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2021.
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Studies in Early Modern European History Series
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Frontmatter
- Half title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- How to do the history of the self: an introduction
- The self in court: procedures of conscience and confession
- Making reasonable selves: self-defence, honour and philosophical suicide
- Losing your self: magic, madness and other ways of losing control
- The tears of a killer: practising sentimentalism and romanticism in criminal court
- The ambiguities of nature: self-talk as a challenge and as an opportunity
- Conclusion: fragments of a history of the self
- Bibliography
- Index.