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On Being Authentic (Thinking in Action)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 128
EAN: 9780415261234
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0415261236
Label: Routledge
Manufacturer: Routledge
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: July 21, 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Studio: Routledge
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Editorial Review:
"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.
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Rating: - On Being Authentic (Thinking in Action)
Thirty years after sharing classrooms, movie theaters and drinks around Austin, TX -- Charles Guignon again proves to be an incredibly engaging intellectual companion.
His easy style makes difficult material accessible as he refuses to pass off obfuscation as profundity. By presenting important ideas culled from philosophy, psychology and modern culture (in an admittedly simplified fashion), the author challenges his reader to think seriously about what authenticity might entail within ... Read More
Rating: - A marvelous example of the way philosophy can still illumine everyday life
One important division of contemporary ethical philosophy is Applied Ethics. Speaking generally, this is the attempt to take the more abstract results from ethics and moral philosophy and apply it to concrete problems that arise in business, our interactions with the environment, new problems that are arising with developing medical technology, and a wide array of familiar and hotly debated issues such as abortion. That is not what one finds in Guignon's book, though what he does is not too far a field. ... Read More
Rating: - Highly Recommended
Guignon's little book on authenticity is an excellent overview of the topic. He provides a summarized history of the various interpretations of what it means to be an authentic self along with an analysis of the problems that each of these conceptions have faced. On the critical side, I was surprised to find that Kierkegaard is almost completely ignored, but this doesn't take away from the value of this book. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the concept of authenticity or what it means to be ... Read More
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