Sincerity and Authenticity
内容简介
"Now and then," writes Lionel Triling "it is possible to observe the moral life in process of revising itself." In this new book he is concerned with such a mutation: the process by which the arduous enterprise of sincerity, of being true to one's self, came to occupy a place of supreme importance in the moral life--and the further shift which finds that place now usurped by the darker and still more strenuous modern ideal of authenticity. Instances range over the whole of Western literature and thought, from Shakespeare to Hegel to Sartre, from Robespierre to R.D. Laing, suggesting the contradictions and ironies to which the ideals of sincerity and authenticity give rise, most especially in contemporary life. Lucid, and brilliantly framed, its view of cultural history will give "Sincerity and Authenticity" an important place among the works of this distinguished critic.
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作者简介
莱昂内尔·特里林(Lionel Trilling, 1905-1975)，20世纪美国著名批评家，生前为美国哥伦比亚大学著名教授。他继承阿诺德、利维斯以来的批评传统，侧重从社会历史、道德心理的角度评论文学和文化，被称为20世纪中期美国年青一代的思想导师，对当代批评影响甚大。其代表作还有《自由的想象》、《弗洛伊德与我们的文化危机》、《反对自我》、《超越文化》等。
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读书文摘
用《哈姆雷特》中的波洛涅斯的话来说，真诚就是“对你自己忠实”，就是让社会中的“我”与内在的“自我”相一致。因此，唯有出现了社会需要我们扮演的“角色”之后，个体真诚与否才会成为一个值得追问的问题。
比之于“真诚”，“真实”要求更繁重的道德经验，更苛刻的自我认识，对“忠实于它”是指什么有更严格的理解，它更关注外部世界和人在其中的位置，但却不会轻易地屈从于社会生活环境。
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