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Authenticity as an Ethical Ideal

by Denmark) Somogy Varga (university Of Copenhagen

  • Hardback
  • 198 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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Authenticity has become a widespread ethical ideal that represents a way of dealing with normative gaps in contemporary life. This ideal suggests that one should be true to oneself and lead a life expressive of what one takes oneself to be. However, many contemporary thinkers have pointed out that the ideal of authenticity has increasingly turned into a kind of aestheticism and egoistic self-indulgence. In his book, Varga systematically constructs a critical concept of authenticity that takes into account the reciprocal shaping of capitalism and the ideal of authenticity. Drawing on different traditions in critical social theory, moral philosophy and phenomenology, Varga builds a concept of authenticity that can make intelligible various problematic and potentially exhausting practices of the self.
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  • Title

    Authenticity as an Ethical Ideal

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    December 2011

  • Weight

    386g

  • Page Count

    198

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415895330

  • ISBN-10

    0415895332

  • Eden Code

    4573124

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