The Malaise of ModernityIn 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 expressed in self-centered ways, isn't necessarily a rejection of traditional values and social commitment; it also reflects something authentic and valuable in modern culture. Only by distinguishing what is good in this modern striving from what is socially and politically dangerous, Taylor says, can our age be made to deliver its promise. |
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Contents
Three Malaises | 1 |
The Inarticulate Debate | 23 |
The Sources of Authenticity | 25 |
Inescapable Horizons | 31 |
The Need for Recognition | 43 |
The Slide to Subjectivism | 55 |
La Lotta Continua | 71 |
Subtler Languages | 81 |
An Iron Cage? | 93 |
Against Fragmentation 209 | 109 |
Notes | 123 |
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| Title | The Malaise of Modernity The CBC Massey Lectures |
| Author | Charles Taylor |
| Publisher | House of Anansi, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0887848869, 9780887848865 |
| Length | 128 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Civilization Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy Philosophy / Free Will & Determinism |
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