The rise and triumph of the modern self : cultural amnesia, expressive individualism, and the road to sexual revolution /

Trueman, Carl R.,

The rise and triumph of the modern self : cultural amnesia, expressive individualism, and the road to sexual revolution / [print] Carl R. Trueman ; foreword by Rod Dreher. - Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, (c)2020. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Part 1: Architecture of the Revolution -- 1 Reimagining the Self -- 2 Reimagining Our Culture -- Part 2 Foundations of the Revolution -- 3 The Other Genevan -- 4 Unacknowledged Legislators -- 5 The Emergence of Plastic People -- Epilogue to Part 2: Reflections on the Foundations of the Revolution -- Part 3 Sexualization of the Revolution -- 6 Sigmund Freud, Civilization, and Sex -- 7 The New Left and the Politicization of Sex -- Epilogue to Part 3: Reflections on the Sexualization of the Revolution -- Part 4: Triumphs of the Revolution -- 8 The Triumph of the Erotic -- 9 The Triumph of the Therapeutic -- 10 The Triumph of the T -- Epilogue to Part 4: Reflections on the Triumphs of the Revolution -- Concluding Unscientific Prologue -- Index

"This Book sets the sexual revolution and its many ramifications within the broader context of changes in the West's understanding of selfhood"--



9781433556364 9781433556340 9781433556357

2019041971


Sexual freedom--History.
Sex.
Civilization, Modern.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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