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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... follow some of the pathways that Rousseau first blazed , beginning with a history of the notion of art as the authentic expression of an artist's inner genius . How did art gain this exalted position , and how can the viewer be sure an ...
... follow some of the pathways that Rousseau first blazed , beginning with a history of the notion of art as the authentic expression of an artist's inner genius . How did art gain this exalted position , and how can the viewer be sure an ...
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... follow is clarity of thought , happiness in relationships , success in business , a cure for angina , a slimmer figure , or a better backhand . The flowering of world - affirming ecstatic religions and therapies can be seen as a direct ...
... follow is clarity of thought , happiness in relationships , success in business , a cure for angina , a slimmer figure , or a better backhand . The flowering of world - affirming ecstatic religions and therapies can be seen as a direct ...
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... follow . The objectivity I seek is ultimately impossible . But my aware- ness of the personal , historical , and cultural conditioning of knowledge does not oblige me to drop my ambition to develop a theory of human desires , ideals ...
... follow . The objectivity I seek is ultimately impossible . But my aware- ness of the personal , historical , and cultural conditioning of knowledge does not oblige me to drop my ambition to develop a theory of human desires , ideals ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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