Elwin Hofman is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders, KU Leuven

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• How to do the history of the self: an introduction1 The self in court: procedures of conscience and confession2 Making reasonable selves: self-defence, honour and philosophical suicide3 Losing your self: magic, madness and other ways of losing control4 The tears of a killer: practicing sentimentalism and romanticism in criminal court5 The ambiguities of nature: self-talk as a challenge and as an opportunityConclusion: fragments of a history of the selfIndex

Elwin Hofman is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders, KU Leuven

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• How to do the history of the self: an introduction1 The self in court: procedures of conscience and confession2 Making reasonable selves: self-defence, honour and philosophical suicide3 Losing your self: magic, madness and other ways of losing control4 The tears of a killer: practicing sentimentalism and romanticism in criminal court5 The ambiguities of nature: self-talk as a challenge and as an opportunityConclusion: fragments of a history of the selfIndex

Elwin Hofman is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders, KU Leuven

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• How to do the history of the self: an introduction1 The self in court: procedures of conscience and confession2 Making reasonable selves: self-defence, honour and philosophical suicide3 Losing your self: magic, madness and other ways of losing control4 The tears of a killer: practicing sentimentalism and romanticism in criminal court5 The ambiguities of nature: self-talk as a challenge and as an opportunityConclusion: fragments of a history of the selfIndex