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The Authenticity Hoax: Why the "real" Things We Seek Don't Make Us Happy

The Authenticity Hoax: Why the "real" Things We Seek Don't Make Us Happy - Paperback

by Andrew Potter
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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrew PotterPublish date:2011-05-03Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061251351ISBN-10:61251356UPC:9780061251351Book Category:Philosophy, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Social, Popular Culture, Social HistorySize:8.06 x 5.36 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCGHJH47V2

"A totally real, genuine, authentic book about why you shouldn't believe any of those words. And it's genuinely good."
-- Gregg Easterbrook, author of Sonic Boom

Exploring a number of trends in our popular culture--from Sarah Palin to Antiques Roadshow, organic food to the indignation over James Frey's memoir--Andrew Potter follows his successful Nation of Rebels with a new book that argues that our pursuit of the authentic is fraught with irony and self-defeat. Readers of The Paradox of Choice or Bowling Alone will find many enlightening insights in The Authenticity Hoax, which is, in the words of Tom de Zengotita (Mediated), "the kind of criticism that changes minds."

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061251351ISBN-10:61251356UPC:9780061251351Book Category:Philosophy, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Social, Popular Culture, Social HistorySize:8.06 x 5.36 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCGHJH47V2
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Andrew Potter is the coauthor of the international bestseller Nation of Rebels. A journalist, writer, and teacher, he lives in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter (@jandrewpotter).

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