. ▁There ▁seemed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁big ▁gap ▁between ▁the ▁fa ç ade ▁of ▁roles , ▁and ▁the ▁true ▁nature ▁of ▁social ▁relationships , ▁getting ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁of ▁personal ▁authentic ity ▁( be ing ▁" for ▁real "). ▁Official ▁politics ▁was ▁increasing ly ▁regarded ▁as ▁the ▁" mas qu erade " ▁of ▁those ▁in ▁power . ▁To ▁illustrate ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁the ▁times , ▁Anne - Marie ▁Ro ch eb lave - S pen lé ▁who ▁had ▁previously ▁author ed ▁a ▁classic ▁French ▁text ▁on ▁role ▁theory , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁published ▁a ▁book ▁titled , ▁significantly , ▁Le ▁P ou voir ▁Dem as que ▁( Power ▁un mask ed ). ▁ ▁The ▁concept ▁of ▁" character ▁mask s " ▁was ▁by ▁no ▁means ▁an ▁un important ▁political ▁concept ▁in ▁Germany , ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁being ▁used ▁explicitly ▁by ▁terror ists ▁in ▁their ▁just ifications ▁for ▁assass in ating ▁people . ▁ ▁Ten ▁points ▁of ▁controvers y ▁Question s ▁subsequently ▁arose ▁in ▁New ▁Left ▁circles ▁about ▁ten ▁issues : ▁ ▁whether ▁behaviour ▁is ▁in ▁truth ▁an ▁" act " ▁or ▁whether ▁it ▁is ▁" for ▁real ", ▁and ▁how ▁one ▁could ▁know ▁or ▁prove ▁that ▁( the ▁problem ▁of ▁authentic ity ). ▁whether ▁character ▁exists ▁at ▁all , ▁if ▁" mask s ▁mask ▁other ▁mask s " ▁in ▁an ▁end less ▁series ▁how ▁people ▁make ▁other ▁people ▁believe ▁what ▁their ▁real ▁character ▁is ▁( see ▁also ▁char is ma ). ▁the ▁extent ▁to ▁which ▁mask s ▁" of ▁some