What does it mean to be authentic?
The demand for authenticity--the honest or the real--is one of
the most powerful movements in contempo-rary life, influencing our
moral outlook, political views, and consumer behavior. Yet
according to Andrew Potter, when examined closely, our fetish for
"authentic" lifestyles or experiences is actually a form of
exclusionary status seeking. The result, he argues, is modernity's
malaise: a competitive, self-absorbed individualism that ultimately
erodes genuine relationships and true community.
Weaving together threads of pop culture, history, and
philosophy, The Authenticity Hoax reveals how our misguided pursuit
of the authentic merely exacerbates the artificiality of
contemporary life that we decry. In his defiant, brilliant
critique, Andrew Potter offers a way forward to a meaningful
individualism that makes peace with the modern world.
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