Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Main Sources Cited in the Text ix
4. Polemical Introduction: The Triumph of Self 1
5. I. Ancient Ideals
6. 1. The Hero 19
7. 2. The Saint 51
8. 3. The Thinker 100
9. II. Ideals in the Modern World
10. 4. Shakespeare and the Early Modern Self 137
11. 5. The Poet 185
12. 6. Freud and the Ideal Self 217
13. Polemical Conclusion: In the Culture of the Counterfeit 247
14. Bibliography 261
15. Acknowledgments 279
16. Index 281