The Politics of Authenticity

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The Politics of Authenticity is written by Joachim C. Häberlen and published by Berghahn Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1789200008 (ISBN 10) and 9781789200003 (ISBN 13).

Following the convulsions of 1968, one element uniting many of the disparate social movements that arose across Europe was the pursuit of an elusive “authenticity” that could help activists to understand fundamental truths about themselves—their feelings, aspirations, sexualities, and disappointments. This volume offers a fascinating exploration of the politics of authenticity as they manifested themselves among such groups as Italian leftists, East German lesbian activists, and punks on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Together they show not only how authenticity came to define varied social contexts, but also how it helped to usher in the neoliberalism of a subsequent era.