Seeing the Light: The Social Logic of Personal Discovery

Seeing the Light: The Social Logic of Personal Discovery
ISBN-10
022617588X
ISBN-13
9780226175881
Series
Seeing the Light
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
243
Language
English
Published
2014-11-26
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Thomas DeGloma

Description

This title explores the distinctly social logic of awakening narratives - autobiographical stories people tell about having once been contained in a world of darkness and ignorance and subsequently awakening to an enlightened understanding of their experiences and situations. It analyses a wide variety of stories spanning roughly ten thousand years of history and pertaining to various philosophical, religious, political, scientific, psychological, and sexual subject matters.

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