Forfatter fødeår: 1931
The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of... Læs mere
Everywhere we hear of decline, of a world that was better before the influence of modernity. While some lament Western culture’s slide into relativism and nihilism and others... Læs mere
Taylor shows that the modern turn inward is not disastrous but is in fact the result of our long efforts to define and reach the good. At the heart... Læs mere
A vitally important work of philosophical anthropology and a devastating criticism of the theory of behaviourism. Includes a new Preface by the author and a new Foreword by Alva Noë, setting the book in philosophical and historical context.
A hundred years after William James delivered the celebrated lectures that became The Varieties of Religious Experience, one of the foremost thinkers... Læs mere
Brings together a range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism. This work features K... Læs mere
From Sources of the Self to A Secular Age, Charles Taylor has shown how we create ways of being, as individuals and as a society.... Læs mere
Offers a clear and concise framework for understanding the structure of modern life in the West and the different forms modernity has taken around the world
A vitally important work of philosophical anthropology and a devastating criticism of the theory of behaviourism. Includes a new Preface by the author and a new Foreword by Alva Noë, setting the book in philosophical and historical context.