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Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity [1] is a work of philosophy by Charles Taylor, published in 1989 by Harvard University Press. It is an attempt to articulate and to write a history of the "modern identity". [2]
Charles Margrave Taylor was born in Montreal, Quebec, on November 5, 1931, to a Roman Catholic Francophone mother and a Protestant Anglophone father by whom he was raised bilingually. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] His father, Walter Margrave Taylor, was a steel magnate originally from Toronto while his mother, Simone Marguerite Beaubien, was a dressmaker. [ 53 ]
A Secular Age is a book written by the philosopher Charles Taylor which was published in 2007 by Harvard University Press on the basis of Taylor's earlier Gifford Lectures (Edinburgh 1998–99). The noted sociologist Robert Bellah [1] has referred to A Secular Age as "one of the most important books to be written in my lifetime." [2]
The Malaise of Modernity is a book by the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor based on his 1991 Massey Lecture of the same title. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Originally published by House of Anansi Press , it was republished by Harvard University Press with the title The Ethics of Authenticity .
The Politics of Recognition" is a 1992 essay by the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, based on the inaugural lecture he delivered at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. [1] The essay discusses political currents that seek recognition for particular identity groups. [2]
Taylor, therefore, argues for a distinction between negative and positive liberty that highlights the importance of social justice. Therefore, if social justice is a major part of equality, then liberty is not a synonym of lack of obstacles, but being able to grasp those obstacles, to discuss and work to overcome them.
Taylor says endorsement shows 'momentum' Tassell said he and Taylor were the top two vote-getters who advanced to a second round of voting where Taylor won the endorsement at about 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Those who criticize the theory of social atomism believe that it neglects the idea of the individual as unique. The sociologist Elizabeth Wolgast asserts that, . From the atomistic standpoint, the individuals who make up a society are interchangeable like molecules in a bucket of water – society a mere aggregate of individuals.