Books
A Secular Age
– Taylor, Charles. A Secular Age. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.From Amazon.com: What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we–in the West, at least–largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries. In… More
Modern Social Imaginaries
– Taylor, Charles. Modern Social Imaginaries. Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.From Google Books: One of the most influential philosophers in the English-speaking world, Charles Taylor is internationally renowned for his contributions to political and moral theory, particularly to debates about identity formation, multiculturalism,… More
Multiculturalism : Examining the Politics of Recognition
– Taylor, Charles. Multiculturalism : Examining the Politics of Recognition. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1994.From Princeton University Press: A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and “The Politics of Recognition,” this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the… More
The Ethics of Authenticity
– Taylor, Charles. The Ethics of Authenticity. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1992.From Harvard University Press: Everywhere we hear talk of decline, of a world that was better once, maybe fifty years ago, maybe centuries ago, but certainly before modernity drew us along its dubious path. While some lament the slide of Western culture into… More
The Malaise of Modernity
– Taylor, Charles. The Malaise of Modernity, Concord, Ont. : Anansi. 1991.From Amazon.com: In Malaise of Modernity, Charles Taylor focuses on the key modern concept of self-fulfillment, often attacked as the central support of what Christopher Lasch has called the culture of narcissism. To Taylor, self-fulfillment, although often… More
Sources of the Self : the Making of the Modern Identity
– Taylor, Charles. Sources of the Self : the Making of the Modern Identity, Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1989.From Amazon.com: In this extensive inquiry into the sources of modern selfhood, Charles Taylor demonstrates just how rich and precious those resources are. The modern turn to subjectivity, with its attendant rejection of an objective order of reason, has… More
Philosophy and the Human Sciences
– Taylor, Charles. Philosophy and the Human Sciences. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.Charles Taylor has been one of the most original and influential figures in contemporary philosophy: his ‘philosophical anthropology’ spans an unusually wide range of theoretical interests and draws creatively on both Anglo-American and… More
Human Agency and Language
– Taylor, Charles. Human Agency and Language. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.From Amazon.com: Charles Taylor has been one of the most original and influential figures in contemporary philosophy: his ‘philosophical anthropology’ spans an unusually wide range of theoretical interests and draws creatively on both… More
Hegel and Modern Society
– Taylor, Charles. Hegel and Modern Society. Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1979.From Google Books: Introduction to Hegel’s thought for the student and general reader, emphasizing in particular his social and political thought and his continuing relevance to contemporary problems.
Hegel
– Taylor, Charles. Hegel. Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1975.From Amazon.com: This is a major and comprehensive study of the philosophy of Hegel, his place in the history of ideas, and his continuing relevance and importance. Professor Taylor relates Hegel to the earlier history of philosophy and, more particularly, to… More