The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault
Download or Read eBook The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault PDF written by Chloe Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Chloe Taylor |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 545 |
| Release | : 2010-05-26 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781135892791 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1135892792 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault by : Chloe Taylor
Book excerpt: 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.
