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Daniel Defoe and the Representation of Personal Identity

By: Christopher Borsing

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Daniel Defoe and the Representation of Personal Identity

By: Christopher Borsing

The concept of a personal identity was a contentious issue in the early eighteenth century. John Locke’s philosophical discussion of personal identity in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding fostered a public debate upon the status of an immortal Christian soul. This book argues that Defoe, like many of this age, had religious difficulties with Locke’s empiricist analysis of human identity. In particular, it examines how Defoe explores competitive individualism as a social threat while also demonstrating the literary and psychological fiction of any concept of a separated, lone identity. This foreshadows Michel Foucault’s assertion that the idea of man is ‘a recent invention, a figure not yet two centuries old, a new wrinkle in our knowledge’. The monograph’s engagement with Defoe’s destabilization of any definition or image of personal identity across a wide range of genres – including satire, political propaganda, history, conduct literature, travel narrative, spiritual autobiography, piracy and history, economic and scientific literature, rogue biography, scandalous and secret history, dystopian documentary, science fiction and apparition narrative - is an important and original contribution to the literary and cultural understanding of the early eighteenth century as it interrogates and challenges modern presumptions of individual identity.

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Routledge

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1317247612

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Eyewitness: The rise and fall of Dorling Kindersley

The Inside Story of a Publishing Phenomenon

By: Christopher Davis

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Eyewitness: The rise and fall of Dorling Kindersley

The Inside Story of a Publishing Phenomenon

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This title tells the story of Dorling Kindersley's rise and fall. It offers a nostalgic reminder of a time when creativity could flourish unburdened by the shackles of corporate bureaucracy.

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Harriman House Limited

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1906659192

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Eyewitness: The rise and fall of Dorling Kindersley

The Inside Story of a Publishing Phenomenon

By: Christopher Davis

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Eyewitness: The rise and fall of Dorling Kindersley

The Inside Story of a Publishing Phenomenon

By: Christopher Davis

By the close of the last millennium Dorling Kindersley had become one of the most recognisable brands in publishing. Across the range of illustrated household reference titles, from children's books to travel guides, its distinctive look of colourful images cut out against a white background could be seen on bookshelves throughout the country - and indeed the publishing world. Apart from three minor acquisitions, DK had grown organically over 25 years to be a publicly listed company with a turnover of £200 million, some 1500 employees, publishing arms across the English language markets, a 50-strong international sales force that dealt with more than 400 publishers, a direct selling business with 30,000 independent distributors, and had expanded its skills for delivering handsomely designed reference books into the new media of videos, CD-ROMs and online educational content. Then a series of catastrophic printing decisions brought the company to its knees, and ultimately into the arms of Pearson. Christopher Davis is uniquely positioned to tell the story of DK's rise and fall. He joined the company at its foundation and in due course became Group Publisher. The narrative he provides is a dual one, encompassing the visionary genius of Peter Kindersley and the publishing revolution he fomented, and charting the remarkable, sometimes precarious, frequently hilarious, roller-coaster ride as the company grew from a handful of people in a studio in South London to a substantial global business. In the rapidly changing publishing climate of today, this book is also a nostalgic reminder of a time when creativity could flourish unburdened by the shackles of corporate bureaucracy.

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Daniel Defoe and the Representation of Personal Identity

Daniel Defoe and the Representation of Personal Identity

Eyewitness: The rise and fall of Dorling Kindersley

Eyewitness: The rise and fall of Dorling Kindersley

Eyewitness: The rise and fall of Dorling Kindersley

Eyewitness: The rise and fall of Dorling Kindersley

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