Becoming real Authenticity in an age of distractions
Book - 2011
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- Published
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North Liberty, Iowa :
Ice Cube Books
c2011.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 275 p.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781888160574
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Searching for Authenticity in America
- More Extreme Attempts to Find Authenticity
- When Authenticity Occurs...and Doesn't
- From Authentic Things to Authentic People
- Why Authenticity?
- An Overview of This Book
- Work
- Work and Authenticity
- Encountering My Self in Work
- To Be Authentic Is to Play Our Roles Well
- Selves Evolve as Roles Evolve
- Workers Who Are Real
- Contributing to the Community
- Money and Authenticity
- Authenticity and the Quality of Experience
- A Derivative Take on Consumerism and Authenticity
- Failed Quests for the Real Through Symbols
- Work (and Leisure) That is Real
- Technology
- The Magic of Television
- Brands
- Self-Deception
- Being Cool
- Problems With Cool
- An Empty Freedom Can't Produce Authenticity
- Is Uniqueness Crucial to Being Authentic?
- Being Authentic in a Mediated World
- Alienation Through Technology
- Beyond Domination by Technology?
- Technologies Can Distract Us, But They Can't Make Us Authentic
- Nature
- The Experience of Authenticity in Nature
- Nature Deficit Disorder
- A Deeper Sense of Place
- Nature and the Authentic Self
- Becoming "One With Nature" Is Crucial for Becoming Fully Human
- To Be Inauthentic is to Be Out of Touch, To Not Care
- To Be Authentic is to "Do What I Must"
- Philosophical Reflections
- Why Philosophy?
- Mistakes to Avoid
- Learning From the History of an Idea
- Thick and Thin Cultures
- The Centrality of the Self
- The Self (and Thus Authenticity) as "In Between"
- A Narrative Theory of the Self
- Interpreting Stories of Our Selves
- The Wise Child
- The Role of Community and Place
- In-Between...Once More
- One Final Myth Dispelled
- Taking Stock
- Happiness
- Emptiness
- The Happiness Hypothesis
- Self Understanding
- Humans Are Hyper-Social Animals
- Our Happiness Set Point
- The Conditions of Life
- The Variables of Life
- Relationships!
- The Skeptics
- Happiness and Authenticity
- Failings of Individualism
- Two Cautionary Notes
- The Compatibility of Authenticity and Happiness
- The Role of Virtue
- "Losing One's Self" to Become Real
- The Guest House
- Calling
- Writing this Book
- The Turn Inward
- Why Leap? Choosing a New Narrative
- The Great Paradox: Only the Authentic Can Hear the Call
- Is Authenticity Always Desirable?
- Our Desire for Character
- The Centrality of Edifying Stories
- I Am More Than a Story
- Pilgrimage-Wandering on the Way
- Pilgrimage: Into the "Wilderness"
- Being Real...In Between
- Bibliography
