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SOURCES
Qi Wang, The Autobiographical Self in Time and Culture
Thomas De Quincy, Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Linda Anderson, Autobiography, London, Routledge, 2001
Frances Wilson, ‘Romantic Autobiography’ in The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography
William Wordsworth, The Prelude
J.J. Rousseau, The Confessions
Eric Robertson, The Greeks and the Irrational
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EDIT: There are a lot of comments about the censorship. I'm as frustrated as anyone, trust me. Demonetization occasionally is to be expected, but it was also age-restricted so no one could watch without being signed-in and age-verified. As a result, it was either this or no one see it and I lose the time and money it took to produce. I made the difficult decision to do this at the last minute. The uncensored version is on Patreon. I hope everyone understands! Thanks all.
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Sorry i dont buy this at all. The ramblings of a old timey junkie? Who gives a shit what junkies say? Not "everyone" in the past actually believed in gods. That's an assumption but presented here as fact. Homer? Agamemnon? Give me fcuking break!
The level of censorship in this video is ludicrous. Seriously, opium? I see the world printed on the screen at 11:41, but it is bleeped? It makes no sense whatsoever. This platform is regressing.
I wish I could give this video an additional dislike for every time the word opium is censored.
Why can I watch videos of topless or scantily clad women, videos with disgusting amounts of racism and homophobia, videos on how to make all sorts of dangerous substances, but YT draws the line at book titles. The censorship on this platform is absurd and completely illogical.
OPIUM! Lol
I'm very sorry to remind everyone that the 90s are now more like 30 years ago….
Sorry to give this a thumbs down but cos of the beeeps over the word opium. Us adults can hear it. Sorry again. X
Where is this bibliography ? There is no bibliography in the description below.
The sounds seems to be distorting at times, like the levels are peaking on the narration around the 11:00 minutes mark. Didn't detract from the great video tho, nice work.
Is this a reupload? Getting hardcore deja vu
It is shameful for our time that words like Opi*m have to be censored in public today – among many others. How is such a thing supposed to bring progress in the "right" direction?
Great work as always
Oh yes another Then & Now video, time for loathing ❤️
I thought I was the only one incensed by the censorship imposed by Youtube and I left a comment on this video earlier, but then my comment disappeared! Unsubbing.
90% of the video describes the European history of individualism. I still have no idea why he thinks we're so self-obsessed. I think he's hoping for his audience to kinda… fill in the blanks. Here's some history, there, go make sense of why.
YouTube isn’t censoring anything. Creators are self censoring so they don’t lose their ad money or precious clicks. If creators really cared about getting information out into the world they wouldn’t restrict themselves to make a few extra pennies.
You can really get creative with those censor bleeps
0:00: 📚 The discussion revolves around the theme of self-obsession and introspection through autobiographical writing.
3:00: 🤔 The exploration of inner self and human happiness is discussed in relation to popular TV shows.
6:32: 🤔 The concept of self evolved over time, influenced by religious teachings and literary figures.
10:16: 🤔 The influence of Rousseau and Wordsworth on self-expression and creativity is discussed, along with their impact on writers of the period.
13:33: 💭 The impact of autobiographical self on modern psychology, culture, and politics.
Recapped using Tammy AI
You want to look up Joseph Campbell's conversations about the individual he links it back to the King Arthur Legends and maybe before
And Campbell also refers to courtly love the individual love of one to another one and was unique to Europe as a social structure. Not just for the upper classes
Sorry, the bleeping for such an innocuous word is both grating and obnoxious.
censoring the title of a 200 year old book. disgusting.
Just get off social media, deleted facebook, instagram and snapchat in 2018, never regreted it
Don’t start censoring please, you’ll lose me. We philosophize, we don’t censor.
Fascinating subject, thank you so much!
The main difference between those great minds from the past and those narcissists from the present is that the former were seeking the truth within themselves, they were filled with passion, curiosity and humility. Narcissists are just looking for a version of themselves to flatter the ego. The spirit of the quest could not be more different.
In my communications class we discussed how we have transitioned from the age of information to the age of identity.
If you are going to censor the word opium, maybe try to find a different autobiography to talk about. It really annoys me to hear a bleep every minute to the point that I am turning off this video now.
Boy this should be educational 😁
But what about Buddhism they've been talking about the self for thousand of years
Opium
A lot of examples but very little explanation. Still a very good video. Thanks.
So you can’t say opium? I just did
I cannot listen to an otherwise enjoyable video with a word like opium censored. This is Orwellian. This is not right.
Christianity actually acknowledged self and our inner identity and consciousness. However, it argues that we as humans are fallible which we are and are prone to doing things we shouldn't form a moralistic view and an objective one as well. Therefore instead of looking within where truth is often just based on our perspective Christianity argues truth exists outside ourselves and everything else and just is what it is( yahweh) and we should seek it ignoring our brittle nature, perspective and morality. Which I think makes more sense than finding truth from within.
I'd love to hear any solid arguments and also I'd like for you to make a video on the morals and ethics of faith.
Sorry if there are any typos I wrote this in a rush
Confessions of a what now?
I seriously thought the word was gonna be a Di..k eater or something worth blurring. But wow ok. Why did you self censored this?
One last comment. You say you couldn’t un-censure because then it would be less profit because of 18+only audience. Yet, you are paying royalties fro the Fat Boy Slim – Praise You Song? Maybe chose a cheaper song