Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept

Interdisciplinary approach, combining historical insight with political theory to offer a more rounded understanding of this concept
Highlights the importance and uses of authenticity in a variety of historical and contemporary contexts, rather than seeking to advocate or debunk the idea itself
Includes both textual and visual sources in order to show how ideas of authenticity have changed from the eighteenth century to the present day

Autorentext

Maiken Umbach is Professor of Modern History at the University of Nottingham, UK. She has published on Enlightenment gardens, on industrial and urban design around 1900, on regionalism, and on cultural politics in Nazi Germany. She currently works on private photography and ideology under National Socialism.

Mathew Humphrey is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Nottingham. UK. He has published on environmental political philosophy, on democratic theory, political ideology, and radical protest. He currently works on environmental politics in the UK and Europe.

Both authors jointly direct the Centre for the Study of Political Ideologies at the University of Nottingham.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Nature of Authenticity, and the Authenticity of Nature.- Chapter 3. Living in an Inauthentic Society?.- Chapter 4. Authentic Leadership.- Chapter 5. Authenticity and Consumption.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.