Almost everyone would agree that the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly over the years. This book takes up the question of what these changes mean—of what, precisely, happens when a society in which it is virtually impossible not to believe in God becomes one in which faith is only one human possibility among others.
Obsah Taylorovy knihy vystihuje lépe její název, pod nímž byla poprvé vydána – neduhy moderny. Odkazuje na hlavní předmět Taylorova rozboru, jímž jsou neduhy moderny a určité zneklidnění, které problematické stránky moderní doby provází.
A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition," this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism. Charles Taylor's initial inquiry, which considers whether the institutions of liberal democratic government make room--or should make room--for recognizing the worth of distinctive cultural traditions, remains the centerpiece of this discussion. It is now joined by Jürgen Habermas's extensive essay on the issues of recognition and the democratic constitutional state and by K. Anthony Appiah's commentary on the tensions between personal and collective identities, such as those shaped by religion, gender, ethnicity, race, and sexuality, and on the dangerous tendency of multicultural politics to gloss over such tensions. These contributions are joined by those of other well-known thinkers, who further relate the demand for recognition to issues of multicultural education, feminism, and cultural separatism. Praise for the previous edition:
Jazyk není jen nástrojem kódování a sdělování informací, ani prostředkem přenášení myšlenek od jednotlivce k jednotlivci. Podílí se na jejich formování a jako podstatně společenská instituce pomáhá každému z nás porozumět vlastní orientaci na pozadí hodnotového horizontu, jenž dohromady skládá dlouhodobá síť společenských vztahů. Kniha významného kanadského filozofa, nositele Templetonovy ceny Charlese Taylora přináší plody jeho mnoho desítek let trvajícího promýšlení tradičních dilemat filozofie jazyka.
The book features a curated collection of published papers organized into two volumes, highlighting the cohesive themes and overarching direction of the author's research. Each volume aims to showcase the essential unity of the work, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.
Accurate, approachable, and indispensable, this illustrated science encyclopedia is arranged in such categories as "Planet Earth", "Living Things", "Chemistry and the Elements", "Materials and Technology", "Space and Time", and "Conservation and the Environment". 2,000+ full-color photos & illustrations.
Discusses contemporary notions of the self, and examines their origins, development, and effects.
The Explanation of Behaviour was the first book written by the renowned philosopher Charles Taylor. A vitally important work of philosophical anthropology, it is a devastating criticism of the theory of behaviourism, a powerful explanatory approach in psychology and philosophy when Taylor's book was first published. However, Taylor has far more to offer than a simple critique of behaviourism. He argues that in order to properly understand human beings, we must grasp that they are embodied, minded creatures with purposes, plans and goals, something entirely lacking in reductionist, scientific explanations of human behaviour. Taylor's book is also prescient in according a central place to non-human animals, which like human beings are subject to needs, desires and emotions. However, because human beings have the unique ability to interpret and reflect on their own actions and purposes and declare them to others, Taylor argues that human experience differs to that of other animals. Furthermore, the fact that human beings are often directed by their purposes has a fundamental bearing on how we understand the social and moral world. Taylor's classic work is essential reading for those in philosophy and psychology as well as related areas such as sociology and religion. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Preface by the author and a new Foreword by Alva No , setting the book in philosophical and historical context.