About Charles Taylor
Canadian philosopher (b. 1931), one of the most influential living thinkers on religion, identity, and modernity. A Secular Age (2007) asks how Western societies moved from a world in which belief in God was unavoidable to one in which it is merely one option among many. Rejecting simple 'subtraction' stories of secularisation, Taylor offers a sweeping account of how the conditions of belief themselves changed — a landmark in the study of religion and the modern self.
Books by Charles Taylor
A Secular Age
A major account of how modern people came to experience belief and unbelief as options within a secular age.
Read about this book →Multiculturalism: Examining the Politics of Recognition
The essay that put 'recognition' at the center of debates over multiculturalism. Taylor argues that identity is formed dialogically — through recognition by others — so that the withholding or distortion of recognition…
Read about this book →The Ethics of Authenticity
A subtle, balanced reckoning with modern individualism. Against both the boosters of self-fulfillment and the despairing critics of a narcissistic culture, Taylor argues that the ideal of 'authenticity' — being true to…
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