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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... integrity . As Polonius advises his son : " To thine own self be true and it doth follow , as the night the day , that thou canst not then be false to any man . " This shift was supported by the newly rising Protestant bourgeoisie whose ...
... integrity . As Polonius advises his son : " To thine own self be true and it doth follow , as the night the day , that thou canst not then be false to any man . " This shift was supported by the newly rising Protestant bourgeoisie whose ...
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... integrity of the noble savage or innocent child . The rest of this book will 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 ...
... integrity of the noble savage or innocent child . The rest of this book will 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 ...
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... integrity against mass marketing and commodification . A narrative of original purity and untram- meled expressivity polluted by the marketplace is characteristic of the discourse on authenticity in all popular arts , but history shows ...
... integrity against mass marketing and commodification . A narrative of original purity and untram- meled expressivity polluted by the marketplace is characteristic of the discourse on authenticity in all popular arts , but history shows ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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