AUTHENTICITY (Philosophy)---becoming more Authentic
Becoming More Authentic:
short description:
Do
you want to make your life more:
autonomous, focused,
organized, & meaningful?
Using a small book
of the same name,
we will first define
Authenticity,
take an Authenticity
Test, consider several
possible Authentic
projects-of-being,
and finally explore
Authenticity as described by
Camus, Sartre, Heidegger,
Kierkegaard, & Maslow.
The instructor is James Park,
existential philosopher
and author of the text,
which will be available
in class for $15 (PDF $5).
one-page
course description:
When we re-center and re-integrate our lives
around our freely-chosen purposes,
we become more focused, unified, & decisive.
We resist enculturation and achieve greater autonomy.
This approach to re-structuring human life
was developed by several existential philosophers and psychologists,
especially the ones discussed in this seminar:
Camus, Sartre, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, & Maslow.
A short presentation of Authenticity appears
here:
Becoming
More
Authentic: The Positive Side of Existentialism.
Authenticity is more astructurethan a content.
We individually must choose our basic life-goals.
But perhaps sharing with other persons
who
are attempting
to become more Authentic
will help us to
make
the growth choices rather than thesafechoices.
This seminar will be a
discussion of Authenticity
as it applies to our own lives.
There will be four sessions, based on the
Parts of the text:
1. Introduction of the participants and the
course.
2. Part I: A Definition of Authenticity
and an Authenticity Test.
3. Part II: Creating Our Own Authentic
Projects-of-Being.
4. Part III: Authenticity as Described by
5 Existentialists.
The complete table of contents will appear if you click this line:
From this table of contents you can open several pages of the book.
The text costs $15 (wholesale price) and will be available in class.
The whole book in PDF is also available for $5.
Instructor: James Park,
existential philosopher and author of Becoming
More Authentic.
And future members of this seminar can purchase the book at any time.
PLACE: to be arranged.
FEE: free of charge.
This seminar as offered by the
Experimental Educational Community of the Twin Cities
(EXCO):
at presenting the concept of Authentic Existence.
Rather, we have maximum discussion among the people
who choose to join this group.
How might you decide to join the next quest for
greater Authenticity?
First you look
inside the book as deeply as you wish.
25% of the text is available on the Internet.
Do these pages make you want to read more?
Will this book help you to become the person you want to be?
Would you like to meet other intelligent, creative
people
who are ready to overturn cultural traditions and re-create themselves?
The Introductiongives you a good glimpse of both the style and content
of Becoming
More Authentic: The
Positive Side of Existentialism.
What self-selected group of people will next want to discuss this book?
This seminar as available
on Facebook:
Some
people in quest of greater Authenticity
will find it more convenient to join a Facebook Seminar of the same
name:
Becoming
More Authentic: The Positive Side of Existentialism:
This gathering will take six weeks to read and discuss the book.
Here is the complete description of this Facebook option:
syllabus for distant
learners:
and if you do not wish to join the Facebook Seminar,
you should read as much as you please from the Authenticity Bibliography.
The author of Becoming More Authenticwill respond to all questions about the book
and about the seminar options described above:
James Park: e-mail: parkx032(CAPS 2)umn.edu.
revised 6-13-2012; 9-15-2012; 11-30-2012; 12-8-2012; 1-10-2013;
12-11-2013; 11-29-2016; 3-29-2017;
If you would like to read a short online article
summarizing the concept explored in depth in this class, go to:
Becoming
More
Authentic: The Positive Side of Existentialism.
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