The Naked Heart

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The Naked Heart is a historical and cultural study by historian Peter Gay that explores the emergence and evolution of modern concepts of the self and personal identity in Western society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
cultural study
historian
historical study
non-fiction book
author Peter Gay
explores cultural constructions of the self
formation of personal identity
relationship between individual and society
fieldOfStudy cultural studies
history
psychology of the self
focusesOn emergence of modern concepts of the self
evolution of modern concepts of the self
history of subjectivity
genre cultural history
history of ideas
intellectual history
hasPerspective cultural
historical
knownFor studies of bourgeois experience
works on modern European cultural history
language English
mainSubject Western society
modern self
personal identity
setInPeriod modern era
setInRegion Western world

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Education of the Senses
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Peter Gay
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