Culture and AuthenticityWiley, 2008 - 176 pages Authenticity is taken-for-granted as an absolute value in contemporary life. In Culture and Authenticity, Charles Lindholm calls upon anthropological case studies from different cultures, historical material, and comparative philosophy, to explore how notions of authenticity develop, what forms it takes, and how it changes over time.
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... civilization . Rousseau began his project with the famous insight that " Man was born free , and everywhere he is in chains . " " Influenced by travelers ' accounts of simple native cultures , he argued that human evolution went from ...
... civilization . Rousseau began his project with the famous insight that " Man was born free , and everywhere he is in chains . " " Influenced by travelers ' accounts of simple native cultures , he argued that human evolution went from ...
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... civilization . In response , a trade in ' authentic primitive art ' became fashionable , championed most formidably by Nelson Rockefeller whose philanthropy led to the opening of the Rockefeller wing of primitive art at the Metropolitan ...
... civilization . In response , a trade in ' authentic primitive art ' became fashionable , championed most formidably by Nelson Rockefeller whose philanthropy led to the opening of the Rockefeller wing of primitive art at the Metropolitan ...
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... civilization seems - art , journalism , philosophy , motion pictures , and even music , whenever I leave or ' come out from ' the New Guinea bush .... Perhaps it is their great remoteness from the real nature of man and his natural ...
... civilization seems - art , journalism , philosophy , motion pictures , and even music , whenever I leave or ' come out from ' the New Guinea bush .... Perhaps it is their great remoteness from the real nature of man and his natural ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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