The rise and triumph of the modern self : cultural amnesia, expressive individualism, and the road to sexual revolution / Carl R. Trueman ; foreword by Rod Dreher.

Introduction -- Architecture of the revolution. Reimagining the self ; Reimagining our culture -- Foundations of the revolution: The other Genevan: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the foundations of modern selfhood ; Unacknowledged legislators: Wordsworth, Shelley, and Blake ; The emergence of plastic people: Nietzsche, Marx, and Darwin ; Epilogue to part 2: Reflections on the foundations of the revolution -- Sexualization of the revolution. Sigmund Freud, civilization, and sex ; The new left and the politicization of sex ; Epilogue to part 3: Reflections on the sexualization of the revolution -- Triumphs of the revolution. The triumph of the erotic ; The triumph of the therapeutic ; The triumph of the T ; Epilogue to part 4: Reflections on the triumphs of the revolution -- Concluding unscientific prologue.

Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends—yet no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of the self. In this timely book, Carl Trueman analyzes the development of the sexual revolution as a symptom—rather than the cause—of the human search for identity. Trueman surveys the past, brings clarity to the present, and gives guidance for the future as Christians navigate the culture in humanity’s ever-changing quest for identity.--Publisher.

Added to GBC Library Holland Park 6 November 2021.