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Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Authenticity is everywhere: political leaders invoke the idea to
gain our support, advertisers use it to sell their products. But is
authenticity a dangerous hoax? What is, and is not, authentic has
been hotly debated ever since the concept was invented. Many
academics have sought to "unmask" authenticity claims as deceptive.
This book takes a different approach. In chapters covering
historical and contemporary examples, the authors explore why
authenticity, real or imagined, exercises such a powerful hold on
our imaginations. The chapters trace how invocations of
authenticity borrow from one another, across arenas such as
philosophy and theology, encounters with nature, leisure, and mass
consumption, political and corporate leadership, left-wing and
right-wing ideologies. This cultural history of authenticity is of
interest to academic and lay readers alike, who are interested in
the significance and history of a concept that shapes how we
understand ourselves and the world we live in.
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