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 68
... truth with their doctrinal precepts . To accom- plish this goal , the charismatic leader facilitates the believers ' immersion in an ecstatic collective emotional experience which then is interpreted as indisputable evidence of the ...
... truth with their doctrinal precepts . To accom- plish this goal , the charismatic leader facilitates the believers ' immersion in an ecstatic collective emotional experience which then is interpreted as indisputable evidence of the ...
Page 69
... truth , hidden beneath the weighty bulk of cultural conditioning , parental restrictions , self - consciousness , and guilt . Like the adrenaline rush that motivates the edgeworker , feelings of heightened reality and communion validate ...
... truth , hidden beneath the weighty bulk of cultural conditioning , parental restrictions , self - consciousness , and guilt . Like the adrenaline rush that motivates the edgeworker , feelings of heightened reality and communion validate ...
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... truth of intense emotion . Saving the World for Pleasure Can the quest for personal truth in the transient pleasures of the body have implications beyond just igniting " one free explosion after another " ? 25 To answer this question ...
... truth of intense emotion . Saving the World for Pleasure Can the quest for personal truth in the transient pleasures of the body have implications beyond just igniting " one free explosion after another " ? 25 To answer this question ...
Contents
Authenticity and Music | 25 |
Seeking Authenticity in Travel and Adventure | 39 |
The Commodification of Authenticity | 52 |
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