Charles Taylor

Details

Nationality

Canadian

Classifications

Holder

Communal intergenerational

Source of authority

Reason

Subject

Human centred

Mode of transmission

Text drawing

Knowledge type

Propositional

Epistemic cluster

Western philosophical

Notes

[DRAFT] Canadian philosopher whose Modern Social Imaginaries (2004) develops the social imaginary as the largely implicit, shared way ordinary people 'imagine' their collective social existence — the background understanding that makes common practices and a sense of legitimacy possible. Taylor traces the modern Western 'moral order' from hierarchical, mediated forms to an egalitarian, direct-access society organised around the economy, the public sphere and popular sovereignty. He draws on Castoriadis and Benedict Anderson while emphasising historical stabilisation over Castoriadis's stress on creation.

Connections

• associated with The Public
• associated with The Demos
• proposed The Modern Moral Order
• proposed Modernity
• articulates The Modern Moral Order

Referenced by

• Jürgen Habermas influenced
• Benedict Anderson influenced
• Cornelius Castoriadis influenced

Sources

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