The Shattering of the Self Violence, Subjectivity, and Early Modern

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The Shattering of the Self investigates how early modern violence disrupts conceptions of selfhood and shapes subjectivity. The work traces relationships between acts of harm, experiences of embodiment, and emerging ways of thinking about identity during the early modern period. By connecting theoretical questions of the subject to textual and cultural evidence, the study clarifies how self-formation can break apart under coercion, fear, and systemic power. It foregrounds violence as a mechanism that remakes perception, agency, and moral understanding.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages231

Reading Time5 h 56 min

FAQs

The document focuses on which core theme?

It centers on how violence destabilizes selfhood and reconfigures subjectivity in the early modern period.

What does the document treat as central to subject formation?

The document emphasizes violence, including its experiential and cultural effects on identity, agency, and moral understanding.

What historical scope does the document cover?

It focuses on the early modern period, linking changing ideas of the subject to the dynamics of coercion and harm.

Jun 23, 2026

Upload by Rowan