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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Page 59
... Soul ? But perhaps the most interesting and significant twist in the dialectic between authenticity and imitation occurred in recent years with the rise of a new class of American consumers who have heavily influenced the larger culture ...
... Soul ? But perhaps the most interesting and significant twist in the dialectic between authenticity and imitation occurred in recent years with the rise of a new class of American consumers who have heavily influenced the larger culture ...
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... soul , shines the constant flame of the universal cosmic self . By following the various mental and physical disci- plines prescribed by their leader the believers hope to achieve release from " the cultural trance , the systematic self ...
... soul , shines the constant flame of the universal cosmic self . By following the various mental and physical disci- plines prescribed by their leader the believers hope to achieve release from " the cultural trance , the systematic self ...
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... Soul of the New Consumer . 23 Francis Fukuyama ( 2000 ) The Great Disruption . New York : Touchstone Press : 90–1 . 24 Quoted in Lewis and Bridges , The Soul of the New Consumer : 22 . 25 Thomas Frank ( 2004 ) What's the Matter with ...
... Soul of the New Consumer . 23 Francis Fukuyama ( 2000 ) The Great Disruption . New York : Touchstone Press : 90–1 . 24 Quoted in Lewis and Bridges , The Soul of the New Consumer : 22 . 25 Thomas Frank ( 2004 ) What's the Matter with ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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