In sociological social psychology, authenticity refers to a felt sense of alignment with one's “true” self. Anthropologists, literary historians, and other cultural observers have noted that authenticity is predominantly a Western ideal whose importance escalated in concert with the rise of individualism from the late nineteenth century into the present. In Durkheimian terms, the need to understand one's place in the larger social order became particularly salient with the increased division of labor and rise of organic solidarity during this period. Among others, the philosopher Charles Taylor has argued that concern over authenticity has shifted from a byproduct of modernity to become a goal in and of itself.