History and Ethics of Authenticity
«A unique, fresh, and engaging read on the struggle for authenticity under late capitalism.»
T. Storm Heter, Associate Professor of Philosophy, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA
Addressing the post-enlightenment problems of meaning and freedom, Kyle Michael James Shuttleworth traces the historical development of the ethics of authenticity in a lucid and vigorous study. The emergence of authenticity as an ethical ideal is probed in relation to the rise of social freedom and individualism which opens up conversations and disagreements with the German Idealists, and later, Habermas, Foucault, and MacIntyre. Les mer
Moving beyond virtue ethics, discourse ethics and Foucauldian notions of self-care, The History and Ethics of Authenticity constructs a practical ethics of authenticity that is both embedded in and able to transcend the current moment. Making use of contemporary reference points, including the rise of social media, capitalist branding, and competing appeals to identity, authenticity becomes an achievable ethical ideal.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 224
- ISBN
- 9781350163423
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«A unique, fresh, and engaging read on the struggle for authenticity under late capitalism.»
T. Storm Heter, Associate Professor of Philosophy, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA
«Shuttleworth offers an innovative and important argument for the value of personal authenticity in modern life, developed through careful critical analyses of major twentieth-century works of philosophy and social theory.»
Jonathan Webber, Professor of Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK