ISBN: 9781844651573

One 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… Mehr…

One 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 maintains, we have to engage in an extensive philosophical excavation that takes us back to a dispute that began in ancient Greece between Plato and Protagoras, and was carried on in a remarkable philosophical experiment that began in eighteenth-century France. Somewhat like contestants on a reality TV show, today we find ourselves, unwittingly, playing out the consequences of this experiment.<

2020, ISBN: 9781844651573

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[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], Neuware - Fame was once associated with excellence or achievement in some or other field of endeavour. One of the most distinctive cultural phenomena over the years has been the rise and rise of fame. This book shows why this new fame is simultaneously fascinating and worthless., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 215x140x13 mm, 160, [GW: 176g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, Kreditkarte, PayPal, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten), Internationaler Versand<

ISBN: 9781844651573

Paperback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], Fame was once associated with excellence or achievement in some or other field of endeavour. One of the most distinctive cultural phenomena over the… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], Fame was once associated with excellence or achievement in some or other field of endeavour. One of the most distinctive cultural phenomena over the years has been the rise and rise of fame. This book shows why this new fame is simultaneously fascinating and worthless., Philosophy, Philosophy: Epistemology & Theory Of Knowledge, Popular Philosophy, Popular Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology<

ISBN: 9781844651573

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