About the Author

Dror Wahrman is Ruth N. Halls Professor of History and Director of the Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies at Indiana University (Bloomington).

Reviews

"A comprehensive and richly documented magnum opus on the modern self... The book in all its richness is a fascinating, powerfully argued work that will spawn nuanced debates for a long time into the future." Felicity A. Nussbaum, American Historical Review"