Group Identity in the Renaissance World
- Author: Hannah Chapelle Wojciehowski, University of Texas, Austin
- Date Published: November 2011
- availability: In stock
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107003606
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This book argues that the Renaissance, long associated with the historical development of individualism, in fact witnessed the emergence of radically new concepts of group identity. From the end of the fifteenth century, rapidly accelerating globalization intensified cross-cultural encounters, destabilized older categories of large- and small-group identity and contributed to the rise of new hybrid group concepts. Drawing on insights from psychoanalysis, linguistics and social network theory, this book advances a theory of 'group subjectivity' - perceptions, fantasies, and patterns of belief that guide the behaviors of individuals in groups and of collectives. Considering not only Europe, but also South Asia, Africa, the Sugar Islands of the Atlantic, the Caribbean world and Brazil, Hannah Chapelle Wojciehowski reconsiders the Renaissance in global context, presenting micro-histories of group identity formation, and persuasively argues that we think of that transformational era as a 're-networking' of the world and its peoples, rather than a 'rebirth'.
Read more- Offers unique insights on groups and their identities and behaviors, drawing on principles of social network theory and psychoanalysis, culminating in proposing a historical theory of groups
- Considers the Renaissance in a truly global context, incorporating South Asia, Africa, Brazil, the Atlantic sugar islands and the Caribbean
- Considers important European events, including religious conflict, slavery, trade and exploration in a global context, discussing their impact on non-European peoples, economies and societies
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'Wojciehowski weaves [an] erudite, exotic array of six historical moments to challenge in a fundamental way our understanding of the Renaissance.' Journal of Interdisciplinary History
See more reviews'[O]ffers a compelling, far-reaching perspective on collectives in the period.' Renaissance Quarterly
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- Date Published: November 2011
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107003606
- length: 394 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 162 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.77kg
- contains: 56 b/w illus. 7 colour illus.
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Introduction: the group and the individual: recollecting Burckhardt's Renaissance
1. Lacoön: the group as a work of art
2. Of cannibals and caraÃbas: the group as a mouth
3. Utopia: the prenascent group
4. The Buddha's tooth relic: the group mystery
5. Hamlet's machine: the inorganic group
6. The animal hospitals of Gujarat: the collective unbound
Conclusion: post-Freudian thoughts on the future history of groups.
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