Charles Taylor
Canadian philosopher whose Sources of the Self is the most ambitious attempt to narrate the formation of modern identity. A Secular Age examined how belief in God became one option among many in the modern West. He is one of the most important Catholic intellectuals of his generation.
Works
- Sources of the SelfHistory of modern identity's sources in literature, Romanticism, and individualism
- A Secular AgeAnalysis of secularization and the contemporary crisis of religious and moral meaning
- The Ethics of AuthenticityPhilosophy of authenticity and its role in modern culture and personal identity
- HegelPhilosophical study of Hegel's system and its ongoing relevance to modern thought
- MulticulturalismEssays on diversity, recognition, and the politics of minority and majority groups