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Zusatztext "... traverses often very dense acreages of philosophical argument with considerable elegance. It never patronises the reader! or gives the impression of talking down to them. It is enthusiastic and engaging ... For anyone who! bemused at our culture's seemingly endless fascination with individual self-worth! seeks some firm guide as how we arrived here! On Being Authentic will prove to be an admirable starting point." - Jonathan Sawday! Glasgow University Informationen zum Autor Charles Guignon teaches philosophy at the University of South Florida. He is the author of Heidegger and the Problem of Knowledge and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger . Klappentext "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? 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! 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. Zusammenfassung Thought-provoking and with an astonishing range of references, On Being Authentic is a gripping journey into the self. Beginning with Socrates and Augustine, Charles Guignon argues that being authentic is to have a sincere story to tell. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, One The Culture of Authenticity, Two The Enchanted Garden, Three The Modern Worldview, Four Romanticism and the Ideal of Authenticity, Five The Heart of Darkness, Six De-centering the Subject, Seven Story-Shaped Selves, Eight Authenticity in Context, Notes, Index...
