Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life
by Boyle, David
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0007140169
- ISBN 13
- 9780007140169
- Seller
-
Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Flamingo, 2003 9780007140169. Softcover. First edition. First printing. VG. 313 pages including detailed index. No inscriptions or annotations. David Boyle guides us through the next big thing in Western living - the determined rejection of the fake, the virtual, the spun and the mass-produced, in the search for authenticity. The charms of the global and virtual future we were all brought up to expect, where meals would be eaten in the form of pills and machines would do all our work, have worn rather thin. It's not that we don't want all the advantages of progress, we just want a future that manages to be local and real too. Tracking the struggle for reality from Japanese theme parks to mock-Tudor villas and from Byron to Big Brother, `Authenticity' explains where our reactions against spin and fakeness come from - and where they are going. The current revival of real food, real business, real culture flies in the face of expert opinion from politicians, economists, advertisers and big business - and they're having to run to keep up as our hype attention-span gets ever shorter. Optimistic, witty, highly thought-provoking and packed with fascinating stories, Boyle's search asks whether coolness is dead, how real reality is and whether realpolitik can ever change into real politics. He puts authenticity firmly on the map, lifting the lid on all the other symptoms of this powerful new phenomenon - revealing the unexpected force that looks set to change all our lives.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2627
- Title
- Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life
- Author
- Boyle, David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007140169
- ISBN 13
- 9780007140169
- Publisher
- London: Flamingo, 2003 9780007140169
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2003
- Pages
- 313 pages
- Keywords
- Fakes Authenticity Global Virtual Pills Meals Local Real Politics Economics QSE
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
About David Edward Hellawell
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...