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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... remained the ritual , not the beauty or complexity of props or surroundings . The skilled workers who built the Gothic cathedrals and manufactured the sacred receptacles for the holy relics of medieval Europe were doing God's work , but ...
... remained the ritual , not the beauty or complexity of props or surroundings . The skilled workers who built the Gothic cathedrals and manufactured the sacred receptacles for the holy relics of medieval Europe were doing God's work , but ...
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... remained of the culture that they wished to immortalize . The excuse for the desecration was that the local people had no respect for their own heritage ; it was up to Western art dealers to preserve the authentic artifacts of the ...
... remained of the culture that they wished to immortalize . The excuse for the desecration was that the local people had no respect for their own heritage ; it was up to Western art dealers to preserve the authentic artifacts of the ...
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... remained wholly abstract unless and until they were realized in the concrete universe of things . So , although commodification and the influence of the media rendered the external universe suspect and turned the gaze inward , the ...
... remained wholly abstract unless and until they were realized in the concrete universe of things . So , although commodification and the influence of the media rendered the external universe suspect and turned the gaze inward , the ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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