Our Images, Our Selves
“Public image laws” in the U.S. belie an image-obsessed cultural sensibility.
Tag: self
The Unholy Trinity of the French Enlightenment
How mystics, radicals, and philosophers shared heretical views of the self in 18th-century France. A Q&A with CHARLY COLEMAN The traditional consensus on the Enlightenment describes a compellingly simple narrative. It portrays humankind’s emergence from the shadows of blind faith and self-denial to its discovery …
