Space and self in early modern European cultures

Resource Information

The work Space and self in early modern European cultures represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Space and self in early modern European cultures

Statement of responsibility

edited by David Warren Sabean and Malina Stefanovska

Contributor

• Sabean, David Warrena1
• Stefanovska, Malina
• William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
• University of California, Los Angeles, Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies

Associated name

• William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
• University of California, Los Angeles, Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies

Editor

• Stefanovska, Malina
• Sabean, David Warrena1

Subject

• Self -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
• Self -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
• Self in literature
• Self-perception in art
• Space -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
• Space -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 18th century

Language

• eng
• chi
• fre
• ger
• eng

Summary

• "The notion of 'selfhood' conjures up images of self-sufficiency, integrity, introspectiveness, and autonomy - characteristics typically associated with 'modernity.' The seventeenth century marks the crucial transition to a new form of 'bourgeois' selfhood, although the concept goes back to the pre-modern and early modern period. A richly interdisciplinary collection, Space and Self integrates perspectives from history, history of literature, and history of art to link the issue of selfhood to the new and vital literature on space
• As Space and Self shows, there have at all times been multiple paths and alternative possibilities for forming identities, marking personhood, and experiencing life as a concrete, singular individual. Positioning self and space as specific and evolving constructs, a diverse group of contributors explore how persons become embodied in particular places or inscribed in concrete space. Space and Self thus sets the terms for current discussion of these topics and provides new approaches to studying their cultural specificity."--Pub. desc

Member of

• UCLA Clark Memorial Library series

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

NLC

Dewey number

155.209409032

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits

Index

index present

Language note

Includes some text in Chinese, French, and German

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

UCLA Clark Memorial Library series