Edmundson, Mark, 1952-

Self and soul : a defense of ideals / Mark Edmundson. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (283 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Polemical introduction: The triumph of self -- Ancient ideals. The hero ; The saint ; The thinker -- Ideals in the modern world. Shakespeare and the early modern self ; The poet ; Freud and the ideal self -- Polemical conclusion: In the culture of the counterfeit.



9780674495920


Conduct of life.
Ideals (Philosophy)
Ideology.
Self (Philosophy)
Soul.


Electronic Books.

BJ1521 / .S454 2015