Personal Identity in the Modern World

A Society of Strangers

AvLawrence M. Friedman

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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In a society of strangers, there develops what can be called crimes of mobility -- forms of criminality rare in traditional societies: bigamy, the confidence game, and blackmail, for example. What they have in common is a kind of fraudulent role-playing, which the new society makes possible. This book explores the social and legal consequences of social and geographical mobility in the United States and Great Britain from the beginning of the 19th century on. Personal identity became more fluid. Lines between classes blurred. Impostors abound.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-15
Mått:150 x 227 x 15 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538166864

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Lawrence M. Friedman is the Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law at Stanford University. He is a leading historian of American law, and a leading scholar associated with the law and society movement. He is the author or editor of more than 30 books on these subjects.

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A wonderful and often-surprising study of how conceptions of personal identity were transformed by the simple fact that it became much easier to move from one place to another. Lawrence Friedman marshals a vast range of evidence—court cases, novels, films, and much more—to reveal the connections between technological change and conventional ideas about the self, from the nineteenth century up through the present. Crimes of Mobility is the rare book that makes the reader see familiar things in a new way.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Up and Down the LadderChapter 2: Evil TwinChapter 3: Crimes of MobilityChapter 4: White LiesChapter 5: The Dawn of MysteryChapter 6: A World of Doubt and OpportunityChapter 7: The Worm in the BudChapter 8: Coming Together and Going ApartChapter 9: Brave New World