Modern Social Imaginaries

Name: Modern Social Imaginaries
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ISBN: 9780822332930

ISBN-10: 0822332930

ISBN-13: 9780822332930

Edition: 2004

Authors: Charles Taylor

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Animated by the idea of a moral order based on the mutual benefit of equal particpants, the Western social imaginary is characterised by three key cultural forms: the economy, the public sphere, & self-governance. Taylor's account offers a fresh perspective on these cultural formations.

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List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 12/29/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Modern Moral Order



What Is a "Social Imaginary"?



the Specter of idealism



The Great Disembedding



The Economy as Objectified Reality



The Public Sphere



Public and Private



The Sovereign People



An All-Pervasive Order



The Direct-Access Society



Agency and Objectification



Modes of Narration



The Meaning of Secularity



Provincializing Europe


Notes