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On Being Authentic (Hardcover)
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On Being Authentic (Hardcover)
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'To thine own self be true.' From Polonius's words in Hamlet right
up to Oprah, we are constantly urged to look within. Why is being
authentic the ultimate aim in life for so many people, and why does
it mean looking inside rather than out? Is it about finding the
'real' me, or something greater than me, even God? And should we
welcome what we find?
Thought-provoking and with an astonishing range of references, On
Being Authentic is a gripping journey into the self that begins
with Socrates and Augustine. Charles Guignon asks why being
authentic ceased to mean being part of some bigger, cosmic picture
and with Rousseau, Wordsworth and the Romantic movement, took the
strong inward turn alive in today's self-help culture.
He also plumbs the darker depths of authenticity, with the help of
Freud, Joseph Conrad and Alice Miller and reflects on the future of
being authentic in a postmodern, global age. He argues ultimately
that if we are to rescue the ideal of being authentic, we have to
see ourselves as fundamentally social creatures, embedded in
relationships and communities, and that being authentic is not
about what is owed to me but how I depend on others.
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