Kyle Michael James Shuttleworth, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Akita International University, Japan

Shuttleworth offers an innovative and important argument for the value of personal authenticity in modern life, developed through careful critical analyses of major twentieth-century works of philosophy and social theory.

• Introduction: A Prelude to the Problem0.1.What is Authenticity?0.2.Why Freedom and Meaning?0.3. A Structural OverviewPart I: The Problem and Resolution Chapter I: The Problem of Modernity 1.1. What is Modernity? 1.2. Enlightenment: Maturity and Freedom 1.3. Counter-Enlightenment: Nihilism and Disenchantment 1.4. Embracing One’s Fate Chapter II: Variations on the Concept of Authenticity 2.1. Articulating Authenticity 2.2. Alternative Ethical Ideals 2.3. The Socio-Ethical Turn 2.4. Sartre’s Existential Authenticity 2.5. Taylor’s Ethic of Authenticity Chapter III: Dimensions of Socio-Existential Authenticity 3.1. What Determines Our Sense of Authenticity? 3.2. How Can We Ensure Our Ideal Is Achievable? 3.3. Where Do Our Choices Derive From? 3.4. What Validates Our Choices? 3.5. Finding Meaning Part II: Challenges for Authenticity Chapter IV: Can the Enlightenment Project Be Completed? 4.1. The Project of Modernity 4.2. Completing the Project 4.3. Ethics or Morality?Chapter V: Is the ‘Self’ A Fiction? 5.1. The Subjection of Individuality 5.2. From Power to Subjection 5.3. Technologies of the Self 5.4. Foucault’s Nietzsche Chapter VI: Are All Modern Ethics Emotive? 6.1. Modern Culture of Emotivism 6.2. Emotivism and Authenticity 6.3. Practices, Narrative, and Tradition 6.4. Criticisms of MacIntyre’s Virtue Ethics Chapter VII: Finding Meaning in Freedom 7.1. Picking up the Spear 7.2. Finding Meaning in Freedom 7.3. Can One Be Authentic Within Contemporary Society? 7.4. Concluding RemarksIndex

Kyle Michael James Shuttleworth, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Akita International University, Japan

Shuttleworth offers an innovative and important argument for the value of personal authenticity in modern life, developed through careful critical analyses of major twentieth-century works of philosophy and social theory.

• Introduction: A Prelude to the Problem0.1.What is Authenticity?0.2.Why Freedom and Meaning?0.3. A Structural OverviewPart I: The Problem and Resolution Chapter I: The Problem of Modernity 1.1. What is Modernity? 1.2. Enlightenment: Maturity and Freedom 1.3. Counter-Enlightenment: Nihilism and Disenchantment 1.4. Embracing One’s Fate Chapter II: Variations on the Concept of Authenticity 2.1. Articulating Authenticity 2.2. Alternative Ethical Ideals 2.3. The Socio-Ethical Turn 2.4. Sartre’s Existential Authenticity 2.5. Taylor’s Ethic of Authenticity Chapter III: Dimensions of Socio-Existential Authenticity 3.1. What Determines Our Sense of Authenticity? 3.2. How Can We Ensure Our Ideal Is Achievable? 3.3. Where Do Our Choices Derive From? 3.4. What Validates Our Choices? 3.5. Finding Meaning Part II: Challenges for Authenticity Chapter IV: Can the Enlightenment Project Be Completed? 4.1. The Project of Modernity 4.2. Completing the Project 4.3. Ethics or Morality?Chapter V: Is the ‘Self’ A Fiction? 5.1. The Subjection of Individuality 5.2. From Power to Subjection 5.3. Technologies of the Self 5.4. Foucault’s Nietzsche Chapter VI: Are All Modern Ethics Emotive? 6.1. Modern Culture of Emotivism 6.2. Emotivism and Authenticity 6.3. Practices, Narrative, and Tradition 6.4. Criticisms of MacIntyre’s Virtue Ethics Chapter VII: Finding Meaning in Freedom 7.1. Picking up the Spear 7.2. Finding Meaning in Freedom 7.3. Can One Be Authentic Within Contemporary Society? 7.4. Concluding RemarksIndex

Kyle Michael James Shuttleworth, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Akita International University, Japan

Shuttleworth offers an innovative and important argument for the value of personal authenticity in modern life, developed through careful critical analyses of major twentieth-century works of philosophy and social theory.

• Introduction: A Prelude to the Problem0.1.What is Authenticity?0.2.Why Freedom and Meaning?0.3. A Structural OverviewPart I: The Problem and Resolution Chapter I: The Problem of Modernity 1.1. What is Modernity? 1.2. Enlightenment: Maturity and Freedom 1.3. Counter-Enlightenment: Nihilism and Disenchantment 1.4. Embracing One’s Fate Chapter II: Variations on the Concept of Authenticity 2.1. Articulating Authenticity 2.2. Alternative Ethical Ideals 2.3. The Socio-Ethical Turn 2.4. Sartre’s Existential Authenticity 2.5. Taylor’s Ethic of Authenticity Chapter III: Dimensions of Socio-Existential Authenticity 3.1. What Determines Our Sense of Authenticity? 3.2. How Can We Ensure Our Ideal Is Achievable? 3.3. Where Do Our Choices Derive From? 3.4. What Validates Our Choices? 3.5. Finding Meaning Part II: Challenges for Authenticity Chapter IV: Can the Enlightenment Project Be Completed? 4.1. The Project of Modernity 4.2. Completing the Project 4.3. Ethics or Morality?Chapter V: Is the ‘Self’ A Fiction? 5.1. The Subjection of Individuality 5.2. From Power to Subjection 5.3. Technologies of the Self 5.4. Foucault’s Nietzsche Chapter VI: Are All Modern Ethics Emotive? 6.1. Modern Culture of Emotivism 6.2. Emotivism and Authenticity 6.3. Practices, Narrative, and Tradition 6.4. Criticisms of MacIntyre’s Virtue Ethics Chapter VII: Finding Meaning in Freedom 7.1. Picking up the Spear 7.2. Finding Meaning in Freedom 7.3. Can One Be Authentic Within Contemporary Society? 7.4. Concluding RemarksIndex