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Paperback. 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. Series: The Art of Living. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 178.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
The Art of Living
Condition
New
Weight
178g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Durham, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844651573
SKU
V9781844651573
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Mark Rowlands
Mark Rowlands is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami.
Reviews for Fame
accessibly written, with straightforwardly laid out pathways and clearly marked turns of direction ... it offers a persuasive account of the leading characteristics of contemporary fame, or rather its degenerate variant. Best of all, the book is refreshing in its analysis, bringing something different and new to the diagnosis of the production and consumption of contemporary fame. It is in ... Read more