Writing the self : diaries, memoirs, and the history of the self / Peter Heehs.

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

viii, 296 pages ; 23 cm

The Self and History -- The Soul from Animism to Monotheism -- Exercing the Soul and Mind -- Self-Examination -- Reasons of the Mind and Heart -- The Soul Dethroned -- Rousseau and Romanticism -- Revolution and Reaction -- Idealism amd Irrationalism -- The Individual and the Crowd -- Doubting the Soul and Discovering of the Body -- Evolution and Affirmation -- The Search for Authenticity -- The Death of the Subject -- Long Live the Self.

Includes bibliographical references and index.