The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault

A Genealogy of the 'Confessing Animal'

Chloë Taylor author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:10th Nov '10

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The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault cover

Drawing on the work of Foucault and Western confessional writings, this book challenges the transhistorical and commonsense views of confession as an innate impulse resulting in the psychological liberation of the confessing subject. Instead, confessional desire is argued to be contingent and constraining, and alternatives to confessional subjectivity are explored.

ISBN: 9780415887816

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 700g

312 pages