We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.
Biography
Charles Taylor is a Canadian thinker best known for his work in philosophy and social/political theory. Bridging theory and practice, Taylor is recogized for both his scholarship and political involvement. His extensive publications span numerous areas of the humanities and social sciences, and have been translated in various languages worldwide. The youngest of three…
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Introduction
Charles Taylor is a Canadian thinker whose thought spans a vast array of subjects within the humanities and social sciences, but who is best known for his work on the modern self. Beginning with Hegel in his early years after his studies at Oxford, he later focused on moral theory and selfhood. His milestone work…
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- Canadian idealism and the philosophy of freedom : C.B. Macpherson, George Grant, and Charles Taylor
- Selfhood and sacrifice : Rene Girard and Charles Taylor on the crisis of modernity
- What Secular Age?
- Meaning and authenticity : Bernard Lonergan and Charles Taylor on the drama of authentic human existence
- Dialectics of the Self: Transcending Charles Taylor