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Sources of the Self|Charles Taylor
Sources of the Self : The Making of the Modern Identity
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In this inquiry into the sources of modern selfhood, Charles 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 of this definition he finds what he calls the affirmation of ordinary life, a value that has decisively if not completely replaced an older conception of reason as connected to a hierarchy based on birth and wealth.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780674824263
  • ISBN-10: 0674824261
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Publish Date: March 1992
  • Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.32 x 1.54 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.48 pounds
  • Page Count: 624

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