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On being authentic
- Title
- On being authentic / Charles Guignon.
- Author
- Guignon, Charles B., 1944-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
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- Description
- xiv, 185 pages; 21 cm.
- Summary
- 'On Being Authentic' is a journey into the self. Guignon traces the development of the concept from Plato to the self-help culture of today's West. He concludes with a defence of authenticity against postmodernist criticism & argues that being true to one's self remains an important social skill.
- Series Statement
- Thinking in action
- Uniform Title
- Thinking in action.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180).
- Contents
- The culture of authenticity -- The enchanted garden -- The modern worldview -- Romanticism and the ideal of authenticity -- The heart of darkness -- De-centering the subject -- Story-shaped selves -- Authenticity in context.
- ISBN
- 0415261228
- 9780415261227
- 0415261236
- 9780415261234
- LCCN
- 2003027596
- OCLC
- ocm53967053
- 53967053
- SCSB-9584132
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries