Browsing Humanities by Subject "Authenticity"
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Authenticity and alienation : a critique of consumerism
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)A quick appraisal of one's surroundings ought to provide ample evidence of the drastic transformation to which the life-world's content has been subjected. Following the industrial revolution, the global phenomenal field ... -
Notes towards a metamodernist aesthetic with reference to post-millennial literary works
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)This study draws on discussions of post-millennial literary fiction to investigate the emerging body of critical theory about the passing of postmodernism and the formulation of what comes after, designated "metamodernism". ... -
Transforming authenticity : appropriating the concept of Charles Taylor from a Christian point of view
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)The concept of authenticity is troublesome in that it means different things to different people. The authenticity that emanated from the 17th century rationalism paints a distorted picture of the individual who became the ...