1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467086703321

Autore

Pickett Howard <1973->

Titolo

Rethinking Sincerity and Authenticity : The Ethics of Theatricality in Kant, Kierkegaard, and Levinas / / Howard Pickett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2017

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8139-4016-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Disciplina

170.92/2

Soggetti

Theater - Moral and ethical aspects

Sincerity

Performance

Authenticity (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The ethics of theatricality/the theatricality of ethics -- Kant: sincerity and the problem of imperfection -- The trouble with lying: Kant, character, and self-congruence -- Virtuous hypocrisy: incongruence in Kant's quest for character -- Kierkegaard: sincerity and the problem of inexpressibility -- Inevitable insincerity: inwardness and outwardness in Kierkegaardian ethics and faith -- Hidden lives, ironic selves: Kierkegaard and the rise (and fall) of authenticity -- Levinas: sincerity and the problem of individualism -- Fearsome authenticity: Levinas and the rehabilitation of sincerity -- Beyond sincerity: Levinasian substitution in the theater of transcendence.