Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Critics 8
6. 2. The United, Unified, and Unitary Self 61
7. 3. The Well-Ordered, Reason-Governed Soul 96
8. 4. The Complex, Performative Subject 131
9. 5. Liberal Soulcraft: Autonomy, Authenticity, and Autarchy 166
10. 6. Cultivating Agency? 196
11. 7. The Liberal Method of Avoidance 214
12. 8. A Permission to Cultivate the Self 243
13. References 257