{"product_id":"9781526153142","title":"Trials of the self","description":"Author: Elwin Hofman\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526153142\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Apr 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 248 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuellists, drunks and remorseful murderers populate\u003ci\u003e Trials of the self,\u003c\/i\u003e which highlights the criminal court as a space for publicising and negotiating models of the self. Using criminal trial records, the book argues that inner depth became increasingly important around 1800, not only for elites, but also for common people.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis highly original study brings together the disparate histories of murder and enlightenment, prostitution and the cult of nature, sodomy and sentimentalism in order to retell the story of the making of the modern self. It suggests that the history of the self needs to attend more to its class dimensions, and puts this insight into practice by examining the influence of the criminal courts in spreading and negotiating changing ideas of the self. Using criminal interrogations and witness statements,\u003ci\u003e Trials of the Self \u003c\/i\u003eshows that an increasing stress on psychological depth in the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was not only important for elites, but also for common and illiterate people  sometimes even more so.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920510501022,"sku":"ING-9781526153142","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526153142.jpg?v=1782822572","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526153142","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}