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Modern social imaginaries / Charles Taylor

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004Description: 215 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780822332930
  • 9780822332930
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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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General General ATU Dublin Road General Shelves 300.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G107406

Includes bibliographical references

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

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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