The Uses of First Person Writings / Les usages des ecrits du for prive

This book considers first-person writing and the related questions of the formation of the self, the rise of the individual and the private/public debate, and places these considerations within a multicultural perspective. It compares the characteristics of European or Occidental personal writings (such as diaries, memoirs and autobiographies) with the written forms of personal, intimate and autobiographical self which have existed and continue to exist within various Asian, African or Near Eastern cultures. The book constitutes a call for a global history of personal writing.<BR> Ce livre s¿int¿sse, dans une perspective multiculturelle, ¿¿¿iture de soi, et aux questions connexes de la formation m¿ du soi, de l¿¿rgence de l¿individu ou encore du d¿t sur l¿apparition des sph¿s priv¿ et publiques. Il compare les caract¿stiques de l¿¿it personnel tel qu¿il a eu cours en Europe ou dans les pays occidentaux (comme les journaux intimes, les m¿ires, les autobiographies, entre autres) avec les