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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Part I; 1: Introduction: Classical and Contemporary Forms of Alienation; References; 2: The Emergence of the Self in History; References; 3: In Praise of Selfish Individualism; Introduction; Methodological Individualism; Preference Utilitarianism; Human Selfishness; Trivial Interpretations; Real Selfishness; Why Selfishness Calls for Individualism; Using Coercion to Minimise Coercion; Individualism and Capitalism; References; 4: Self-Enlightenment; Introduction; Scientific Materialism: The Self as Natural
Rousseau: The Self as Anti-SocialKant: The Self as Freedom; The Self in Society: Freedom and Authority; Conclusion: The Temptation of Transcendence and the Need for Restraint; References; 5: 'Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Wellbeing.' J.S. Mill and the Nineteenth-Century Liberal Individual; References; 6: The Rise and Fall of the Rule of Law; The Slow Development of the Rule of Law; The Rule of Law and the Mid-Twentieth Century; From the Rule of Law to the Rule by Law; Conclusion; References; Part II; 7: Autonomy and the Birth of Authenticity; Rousseau and the Enlightenment
Rousseau's Social CritiqueRousseau's Theory of Moral Autonomy; The Birth of Authenticity; Mis-recognising Rousseau's Legacy; References; 8: Self, Society, Alienation: From Marx to Identity Politics; Marx's Critique of the Bourgeois Individual; The Origins of This Contradiction; The Contemporary Contradiction Between Individual and Society; The Relation of the Particular and Universal Today: 'I Identify As'; The Seeking of Alienated Forms; The Increased Role of the Mediator; Conclusion; References; 9: Anti-humanism and the Deconstruction of the Liberal Subject; Phenomenology
The Reception of Hegel in FranceStructuralism; A Reform Project; The Impact of Post-structuralism; References; 10: Narcissism and Identity; Introduction; Narcissism Emerges; Lasch on Narcissism; Lasch Misunderstood; Generation Body; Self-Display; I Identify As; Recognise Me; References; 11: New Forms of Alienation; References; 12: Conclusion: The Self and Its Prospects; Identity-as Truth; Generation Selfie; Identity on the Front Line; Policing the Subject; No Way Out; The Limits of the Self; References; Index
Rousseau: The Self as Anti-SocialKant: The Self as Freedom; The Self in Society: Freedom and Authority; Conclusion: The Temptation of Transcendence and the Need for Restraint; References; 5: 'Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Wellbeing.' J.S. Mill and the Nineteenth-Century Liberal Individual; References; 6: The Rise and Fall of the Rule of Law; The Slow Development of the Rule of Law; The Rule of Law and the Mid-Twentieth Century; From the Rule of Law to the Rule by Law; Conclusion; References; Part II; 7: Autonomy and the Birth of Authenticity; Rousseau and the Enlightenment
Rousseau's Social CritiqueRousseau's Theory of Moral Autonomy; The Birth of Authenticity; Mis-recognising Rousseau's Legacy; References; 8: Self, Society, Alienation: From Marx to Identity Politics; Marx's Critique of the Bourgeois Individual; The Origins of This Contradiction; The Contemporary Contradiction Between Individual and Society; The Relation of the Particular and Universal Today: 'I Identify As'; The Seeking of Alienated Forms; The Increased Role of the Mediator; Conclusion; References; 9: Anti-humanism and the Deconstruction of the Liberal Subject; Phenomenology
The Reception of Hegel in FranceStructuralism; A Reform Project; The Impact of Post-structuralism; References; 10: Narcissism and Identity; Introduction; Narcissism Emerges; Lasch on Narcissism; Lasch Misunderstood; Generation Body; Self-Display; I Identify As; Recognise Me; References; 11: New Forms of Alienation; References; 12: Conclusion: The Self and Its Prospects; Identity-as Truth; Generation Selfie; Identity on the Front Line; Policing the Subject; No Way Out; The Limits of the Self; References; Index