Enlightenment Invention of the Modern Self

British Empiricism and the Self, I (1x6)

Udgivelsesdato: Feb 05, 2000

The philosophy of empiricism provided a default framework for psychology throughout the 18th century. Empiricism was an empowering ideology of a middle-class culture that needed value in competition and a secure basis for cooperation in the social self. We discuss empiricist psychology in the immensely influential writings of John Locke.