Rethinking sincerity and authenticity : the ethics of theatricality in Kant, Kierkegaard, and Levinas / Howard Pickett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pickett, Howard, 1973- author.

Series:

Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)

Studies in religion and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.

Kierkegaard, Søren.

Lévinas, Emmanuel.

Authenticity (Philosophy).

Performance.

Sincerity.

Theater--Moral and ethical aspects.

Theater.

Physical Description:

x, 292 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813940151

081394015X

OCLC:

988168576