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Sources of the self

Paperback • 1992 • English

Sources of the self: The making of the modern identity

By Charles Taylor

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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 led—it seems to many—to mere subjectivism at the mildest and to sheer nihilism at the worst. Many critics believe that the modern order has no moral backbone and has proved corrosive to all that might foster human good. Taylor rejects this view. He argues that, ...Show more

Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Philosophy

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9780674824263

Published year

1992

Language

English

Original title

Sources of the self

Format

Paperback

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