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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

by Carl R. Trueman

  • Hardback
  • 416 pages
  • Publisher: Crossway
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 3.6 cm

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Modern culture is obsessed with identity.

Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends—and yet, no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of self.

In The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Carl Trueman carefully analyzes the roots and development of the sexual revolution as a symptom, rather than the cause, of the human search for identity. This timely exploration of the history of thought behind the sexual revolution teaches readers about the past, brings clarity to the present, and gives guidance for the future as Christians navigate the culture’s ever-changing search for identity.

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  • Author

    Carl R. Trueman

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Crossway

  • Published

    November 2020

  • Weight

    712g

  • Page Count

    416

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 3.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781433556333

  • ISBN-10

    1433556332

  • Eden Code

    5171594

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Preface

Dedication

Introduction

Part 1: Methodological Foundations

Chapter 1: Preliminary Considerations I

Chapter 2: Preliminary Considerations II

Part 2: Foundations of the Revolution

Chapter 3: The Other Genevan: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Foundations of Modern Selfhood

Chapter 4: Unacknowledged Legislators: Wordsworth, Shelley, and Blake

Chapter 5: The Emergence of Plastic People: Nietzsche, Marx, and Darwin

Epilogue to Part 2: Reflections on the Foundations of the Revolution

Part 3: Sexualizing the Revolution

Chapter 6: Sigmund Freud, Civilization, and Sex

Chapter 7: The New Left and the Politicization of Sex

Epilogue to Part 3: Reflections on the Sexualizing of the Revolution

Part 4: The Triumphs of the Revolution

Chapter 8: The Triumph of the Erotic

Chapter 9: The Triumph of the Therapeutic

Chapter 10: The Triumph of the T

Epilogue to Part 4: Reflections on the Triumphs of the Revolution

Chapter 11: Concluding Unscientific Prologue

Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. He is an esteemed church historian and previously served as the William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and Public Life at Princeton University. Trueman has authored or edited more than a dozen books, including The Creedal Imperative; Luther on the Christian Life; and Histories and Fallacies. Trueman is a member of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

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