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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... individual charisma had begun to replace the abstract force of the primitive cultic object . The saintly relics are the forerunners of the later Western conceptualization of artworks as the products of an individual artist's unique ...
... individual charisma had begun to replace the abstract force of the primitive cultic object . The saintly relics are the forerunners of the later Western conceptualization of artworks as the products of an individual artist's unique ...
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... individuals who stand out from the masses and are always on the cutting edge . Merchandisers successfully catered to the ... individual consumer's preferences . Pursuing the same goal , upscale stores organized themselves to look like ...
... individuals who stand out from the masses and are always on the cutting edge . Merchandisers successfully catered to the ... individual consumer's preferences . Pursuing the same goal , upscale stores organized themselves to look like ...
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... individual , but according to the normative premises of emotivism , the cru- cial content of individual personalities is to be found in their experiential capacity for ecstatic connection with an inner emotional truth , hidden beneath ...
... individual , but according to the normative premises of emotivism , the cru- cial content of individual personalities is to be found in their experiential capacity for ecstatic connection with an inner emotional truth , hidden beneath ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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