The rise and triumph of the modern self: cultural amnesia, expressive individualism, and the road to sexual revolution
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Carl Trueman traces the historical roots of many hot-button issues such as transgenderism and homosexuality, offering thoughtful biblical analysis as he uncovers the profound impact of the sexual revolution on modern human identity.
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Dreher, Rod writer of foreword
ISBN
9781433556333
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Introduction
Architecture of the revolution. Reimagining the self ; Reimagining our culture
Foundations of the revolution: The other Genevan: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the foundations of modern selfhood ; Unacknowledged legislators: Wordsworth, Shelley, and Blake ; The emergence of plastic people: Nietzsche, Marx, and Darwin ; Epilogue to part 2: Reflections on the foundations of the revolution
Sexualization of the revolution. Sigmund Freud, civilization, and sex ; The new left and the politicization of sex ; Epilogue to part 3: Reflections on the sexualization of the revolution
Triumphs of the revolution. The triumph of the erotic ; The triumph of the therapeutic ; The triumph of the T ; Epilogue to part 4: Reflections on the triumphs of the revolution
Concluding unscientific prologue.
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