Identitätskultur im langen 19. Jahrhundert

Vorstellungen vom Einzelnen und Individualität im Erziehungsratgeberdiskurs zwischen 1750–1900

By (author) Sascha Nicke

Book cover: Identitätskultur im langen 19. Jahrhundert

Extent: 465 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Nineteenth-Century Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(October 2021)

ISBN: 9783847113638

6.3 x 9.25 inches

Price: $87.00

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Die Frage nach dem Wer bin ich? ist ein zentrales menschliches Bedurfnis, weil jedes Leben von einem permanenten Wandel gekennzeichnet ist. Die Suche nach der eigenen Identitat erscheint somit als logische Konsequenz, weil sie zumindest den Eindruck einer Konstanz suggeriert: eines dauerhaften eigenen Ichs. Die Frage nach der Identitat und Individualitat des Menschen erfahrt zudem besondere Relevanz, weil in deren historischer Betrachtung damit einhergehend verhandelt wird, ab wann es Menschen moglich gewesen ist, individuelle Selbstwahrnehmungen und somit Identitatsvorstellungen auszubilden.


The question of “Who am I” is probably a central human need because every life is characterized by permanent change. The search for one’s own identity thus appears almost as a logical consequence, because it suggests the impression of constancy of a permanent own self. In addition, the question of identity and individuality of human beings gains constant importance, because in the historical view it is negotiated along with the question, when human beings have been able to develop individual self-perceptions and thus concepts of identity. Is identity and, linked to it, the ability to be aware of oneself, really a phenomenon of “modern” societies, as is often claimed in research? Or did people of the so called “pre-modern” age already possess ideas of identity and individuality? An examination of guidebooks about parenting that were published between 1750-1900 makes it possible to answer these questions.

  • By (author) Sascha Nicke