The Impertinent Self: A Heroic History of Modernity - Paperback

by Josef Früchtl (Author), Sarah L. Kirkby (Translator)

This book is about the heroic, ambivalent concept of the self within modernity as outlined in philosophy and exemplified in the filmic genres of the Western and crime and science fiction movies.

Author Biography

Josef Früchtl is Professor in the Philosophy of Art and Culture Research Group at the University of Amsterdam.