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The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self: An Intellectual History of Personal Identity
Paper, 400 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13745-4
$22.95
/ £13.95
July, 2006
Cloth, 400 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13744-7
$32.00
/ £19.00
"The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self is... destined to become a benchmark of sorts." — Chris Scott, The Globe and Mail
"Barresi and Martin provide an enjoyable and rich account of the history of personal identity in Western thought." — Simon Blackburn, New Scientist
"This solid book faithfully and intelligibly summarises the ideas of all the western figures who have tackled personal identity." — Christian Tyler, Financial Times
"Martin and Barresi offer a succinct but comprehensive history of the concept of self. Their work is uniquely successful... Highly recommended." — Choice
"Inviting, informative, and free of mystification and arrogance." — PsycCRITIQUES
"The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self is a remarkably expansive and illuminating history of theories of self and personal identity from the ancient Greeks to the present day." — Marya Schechtman, professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of The Constitution of Selves
"In beautifully lucid prose and with remarkable historical range and interdisciplinary competence, Raymond Martin and John Barresi tell an engaging story of the emergence, transformation, and demise of Western conceptions of soul, self, and personal identity. This book makes an important contribution to the history of ideas and the literatures on selfhood and identity." — David DeGrazia, professor of philosophy at George Washington University and author of Human Identity and Bioethics