[Things I Read] History of Authenticity
Updated: Sep 15, 2021
...in the context of a highly commodified and surveilled culture where we always seem to be on stage.
everyday life, including politics, becomes a theatre for the individual’s self-creative performance
Alone in front of a computer screen, the social-media user, despite pretensions toward self-creation, is fundamentally spectatorial and passive. This is a posture not of authenticity but narcissism
The word ‘authenticity’ comes from the Greek authentes for ‘master’ or ‘one acting on his own authority’ (aut = self and hentes = making or working on/crafting).
https://aeon.co/essays/a-history-of-authenticity-from-jesus-to-self-help-and-beyond
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