Inauthentic Culture and Its Philosophical Critics

by Jay Newman

Book Overview

Jay Newman first puts the contemporary problem of inauthentic culture into philosophical and historical context. He then goes on to show how traditional philosophical criticism of inauthentic culture can help us understand many disturbing aspects of such contemporary cultural phenomena as television and public relations, as well as contemporary forms of craftsmanship, democracy, and the academy. Inauthentic Culture and Its Philosophical Critics will...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773516913
• ISBN13: 9780773516915
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.0"