Where Aristotle's theory of tragedy had relied on catharsis (the climactic purging and mastery of our terror, as we witness overpowering deeds), Haneke seemed to suggest that recent cinema has cheapened such slaking of emotion into a near-pornographic fake: we are crazed and cheered by shuddering events that have no authentic claim upon our feelings.
Some sought to rationalize segregation and limiting equality and opportunity with appeals of "tradition" or designating themselves as true Americans, (even as they ignored the Native American's rights, the only authentic claim to original American).
Mr. Bhagat might not be another Vikram Seth or Arundhati Roy, but he has authentic claims to being one of the voices of a generation of middle-class Indian youth facing the choices and frustrations that come with the prospect of growing wealth.
Conroy, a reporter's reporter who toiled for years in the hard-boiled Chicago journalistic spirit of Upton Sinclair and Studs Terkel, saw in Wilson's civil trial what few others did at the time: a man from a marginalized portion of society making unthinkable but authentic claims of police brutality.
Despite fierce criticism over the years, Mr. Bezos has proved that he has "an authentic, legitimate claim on having changed the way we live," Mr. Sorkin writes.
By testing how honest he is about gay equality, can we tease out how authentic his claims to a softer, gentler Conservatism are?
For instance, I facilitate a program on Authentic Leadership claiming that leaders need to own the purpose behind their actions and communicate this purpose to others.
ICE, however, maintained the delusion that the inconsistent and, frankly, goofy statement of Mark's alienage was authentic and claimed that the more credible and easily verifiable evidence of his US citizenship was false.
However, it consisted of a total sample of authentic malpractice claimed calls during the time period, and matched controls.
He could claim authentic feats of bravery: pulling a drowning man from the rapids on the Kennebunk River in Maine, chasing down a mugger in Philadelphia.
As Ignatieff says, it needs to be countered by politicians skilled at making the case for decent public services, able to claim authentic experience and, when necessary, capable of being as hard as nails.
