Jordan's review
Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity
by Charles Taylor
Jordan's review
Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity by Charles Taylor
Jordan's review
rating:
bookshelves:
criticism,
history,
philosophy
A monumental tome dealing with the emergence of a particular "affirmation of ordinary life," a form of interiority exemplified and developed by the likes of Montaigne, Locke, and Descartes. Taylor puts forth a difficult, subtle argument, but the book rewards close attention.
