Fame.
Rowlands, Mark.
Fame. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (129 pages) - The Art of Living Series . - The Art of Living Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1. Girls gone wild: fame and vfame -- 2. Footnotes to Plato -- 3. The Enlightenment project -- 4. Lightness and weight -- 5. From suicide bombers to Young Hot Hollywood -- 6. Paris Hilton and the end of history -- Further reading -- References -- Index.
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.
9781317488514
Celebrities.
Electronic books.
BJ1470.5 -- .R69 2008eb
306.4
Fame. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (129 pages) - The Art of Living Series . - The Art of Living Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1. Girls gone wild: fame and vfame -- 2. Footnotes to Plato -- 3. The Enlightenment project -- 4. Lightness and weight -- 5. From suicide bombers to Young Hot Hollywood -- 6. Paris Hilton and the end of history -- Further reading -- References -- Index.
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.
9781317488514
Celebrities.
Electronic books.
BJ1470.5 -- .R69 2008eb
306.4