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Meaning and Authenticity: Bernard Lonergan and Charles Taylor on the Drama of Authentic Human Existence
Brian J. Braman
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Paperback. Meaning and Authenticity presents an engaging dialogue between two thinkers, both of whom maintain that there is a normative conception of authentic human life that overcomes moral relativism, narcissism, privatism, and the collapse of the public self. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
The language of self-fulfilment, self-realization, and self-actualization (in short, 'authenticity') has become common in contemporary culture. The desire to be authentic is implicitly a desire to shape one's self in accordance with an ideal, and the concern for what it means to be authentic is, in many ways, the modern form of the ancient question what is the life of excellence? However, this notion of authenticity has its critics: Christopher Lasch, for instance, who equates it with a form of narcissism and Theodor Adorno, who views it as a glorification of privatism. Brian J. Braman argues that, despite such ... Read more
The language of self-fulfilment, self-realization, and self-actualization (in short, 'authenticity') has become common in contemporary culture. The desire to be authentic is implicitly a desire to shape one's self in accordance with an ideal, and the concern for what it means to be authentic is, in many ways, the modern form of the ancient question what is the life of excellence? However, this notion of authenticity has its critics: Christopher Lasch, for instance, who equates it with a form of narcissism and Theodor Adorno, who views it as a glorification of privatism. Brian J. Braman argues that, despite such ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Lonergan Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781487520076
SKU
V9781487520076
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About Brian J. Braman
Brian J. Braman is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Boston College.
Reviews for Meaning and Authenticity: Bernard Lonergan and Charles Taylor on the Drama of Authentic Human Existence
'How can one be a philosophical guru on the world scene? Brian Braman's analysis of [Bernard Lonergan and Charles Taylor] helps to respond to that question, in the measure that one can. Focusing on authenticity allows him to elucidate the point of the engagement in inquiry which they share, and suggest how each of them might help us ... Read more