Authenticity : the cultural history of a political concept / Maiken Umbach, Mathew Humphrey.
2018
B105.A8 U43 2018eb
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Title
Authenticity : the cultural history of a political concept / Maiken Umbach, Mathew Humphrey.
Author
Umbach, Maiken, author.
ISBN
9783319685663 (electronic book)
331968566X (electronic book)
3319685651
9783319685656
331968566X (electronic book)
3319685651
9783319685656
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 144 pages)
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B105.A8 U43 2018eb
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128
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Summary
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. .-- Provided by publisher.
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Humphrey, Mathew, 1962- author.
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Palgrave pivot.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Nature of Authenticity, and the Authenticity of Nature
Chapter 3. Living in an Inauthentic Society?
Chapter 4. Authentic Leadership
Chapter 5. Authenticity and Consumption
Chapter 6. Conclusion.
Chapter 2. The Nature of Authenticity, and the Authenticity of Nature
Chapter 3. Living in an Inauthentic Society?
Chapter 4. Authentic Leadership
Chapter 5. Authenticity and Consumption
Chapter 6. Conclusion.