Historians and sociologists have argued that the practices of confession played a major role in the transition to modern, introspective individuality. Until the 1970s, tough, the literature had dealt mostly with Protestantism and Protestant modes of confession, first and foremost the practice of writing spiritual diaries and then reading and rereading them. The article looks at Catholic confessional practices and how they, too, have shaped modern notion of subjecthood. Centering on Foucault’s contribution, the article argue that Catholic confession, just like its Protestant avatar, paved a route to modernity.

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忏悔主体与现代天主教自我的建构

历史学家和社会学家认为，忏悔的做法在向现代、内省的个性过渡中发挥了重要作用。直到 1970 年代，艰难的文学作品主要涉及新教和新教的忏悔方式，首先是写精神日记的做法，然后再阅读和重读。这篇文章着眼于天主教的忏悔实践，以及它们如何塑造现代的主体性概念。文章以福柯的贡献为中心，认为天主教的忏悔，就像它的新教化身一样，为现代性铺平了道路。