Parenting the self : welfare, family, and subjectivity in nineteenth-century France

This thesis studies the rise of the modern self in France from the aftermath of the French Revolution until the eve of the First Wold War. Building on the work of Michel Foucault, the modern individual is understood as the result of collective practices and beliefs that change across time and space,...

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Main Author: Cubillas Gadea, Tomas Alberto
Published: Durham University 2017
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709747