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200 10$aFame /$fMark Rowlands
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014.
215   $a1 online resource (129 p.)
225 1 $aArt of living series
300   $aFirst published 2008 by Acumen.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Girls gone wild: fame and vfame; 2. Footnotes to Plato; 3. The Enlightenment project; 4. Lightness and weight; 5. From suicide bombers to Young Hot Hollywood; 6. Paris Hilton and the end of history; Further reading; References; Index
330   $aOne of the most distinctive cultural phenomena of recent years has been the rise and rise of fame. In this book, Mark Rowlands argues that our obsession with fame has transformed it. Fame was once associated with excellence or achievement in some or other field of endeavour. But today we are obsessed with something that is, in effect, quite different: fame unconnected with any discernible distinction, fame that allows a person to be famous simply for being famous. This book shows why this new fame is simultaneously fascinating and worthless. To understand this new form of fame, Rowlands mainta
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