{"product_id":"modern-social-imaginaries-paperback","title":"Modern Social Imaginaries - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most influential philosophers in the English-speaking world, Charles Taylor is internationally renowned for his contributions to political and moral theory, particularly to debates about identity formation, multiculturalism, secularism, and modernity. In \u003ci\u003eModern Social Imaginaries, \u003c\/i\u003e Taylor continues his recent reflections on the theme of multiple modernities. To account for the differences among modernities, Taylor sets out his idea of the social imaginary, a broad understanding of the way a given people imagine their collective social life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetelling the history of Western modernity, Taylor traces the development of a distinct social imaginary. Animated by the idea of a moral order based on the mutual benefit of equal participants, the Western social imaginary is characterized by three key cultural forms--the economy, the public sphere, and self-governance. Taylor's account of these cultural formations provides a fresh perspective on how to read the specifics of Western modernity: how we came to imagine society primarily as an economy for exchanging goods and services to promote mutual prosperity, how we began to imagine the public sphere as a metaphorical place for deliberation and discussion among strangers on issues of mutual concern, and how we invented the idea of a self-governing people capable of secular \"founding\" acts without recourse to transcendent principles. Accessible in length and style, \u003ci\u003eModern Social Imaginaries\u003c\/i\u003e offers a clear and concise framework for understanding the structure of modern life in the West and the different forms modernity has taken around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Taylor presents a fundamental challenge to neoliberal apologists for the new world order--but not only to them. Anyone who wishes, as I do, to defend transcultural political ideals, notions of development, or the like, will have to face his formidable array of hermeneutically inspired reflections on Western modernity's defining cultural formations. His particular take on the 'social imaginary' makes the strongest case there is for the idea of 'multiple modernities.'--Thomas McCarthy, Northwestern University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Taylor is Board of Trustees Professor of Law and Philosophy at Northwestern University, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy at McGill University, and former Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford University. He is the author of many books and articles, including \u003ci\u003eVarieties of Religion Today: William James Revisited; Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity; The Ethics of Authenticity; Hegel; \u003c\/i\u003eand the essay \"The Politics of Recognition,\" which appeared in \u003ci\u003eMulticulturalism\u003c\/i\u003e (edited by Amy Gutmann).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 7.96 x 6.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450076086450,"sku":"9780822332930","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/79b56088dc99f3d2e2a0cdb92eca93cc.webp?v=1778779606","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/modern-social-imaginaries-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}