The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault

A Genealogy of the 'Confessing Animal'

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Phenomenology
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Author: Chloe Taylor ISBN: 9781135892791
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: May 26, 2010
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Chloe Taylor
ISBN: 9781135892791
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: May 26, 2010
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Drawing on the work of Foucault and Western confessional writings, this book challenges the transhistorical and commonsense views of confession as an innate impulse resulting in the psychological liberation of the confessing subject. Instead, confessional desire is argued to be contingent and constraining, and alternatives to confessional subjectivity are explored.

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Drawing on the work of Foucault and Western confessional writings, this book challenges the transhistorical and commonsense views of confession as an innate impulse resulting in the psychological liberation of the confessing subject. Instead, confessional desire is argued to be contingent and constraining, and alternatives to confessional subjectivity are explored.

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