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"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.
"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 importanc...
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Lionel Trilling (1905–1975) was a literary critic, essayist, and author of more than ten books, including The Liberal Imagination and Beyond Culture. A board member and a regular contributor to both the Kenyon Review and Partisan Review, he was George Edward Woodberry Professor of Literature and Criticism at Columbia University, where his students included Allen Ginsberg, John Hollander, and Norman Podhoretz.
Lionel Trilling (1905–1975) was a literary critic, essayist, and author of more than ten books, including The Liberal Imagination and Beyond Culture. A board member and a regular contributor to both the Kenyon Review and Partisan Review, he was George Edward Woodberry Professor of Literature and ...
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