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9780415261227

On Being Authentic

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415261227

  • ISBN10:

    0415261228

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-07-21
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

"To thine own self be true." From Polonius's words inHamletright 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? Thought-provoking and with an astonishing range of references,On Being Authenticis 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, Carl Jung and Konrad Lorenz, and reflects on the future of being authentic in a postmodern, global age. He argues ultimately that being authentic is not about what is owed to me but how I depend on others.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
One The Culture of Authenticity 1(11)
Two The Enchanted Garden 12(14)
Three The Modern Worldview 26(23)
Four Romanticism and the Ideal of Authenticity 49(29)
Five The Heart of Darkness 78(29)
Six De-centering the Subject 107(19)
Seven Story-Shaped Selves 126(20)
Eight Authenticity in Context 146(23)
Notes 169 (12)
Index 181

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