{"product_id":"modern-social-imaginaries-paperback-softback-9780822332930","title":"Modern Social Imaginaries (Paperback \/ softback) 9780822332930","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModern Social Imaginaries\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Taylor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780822332930\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 December 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 13.7 x 1.2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Charles 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\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\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. \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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Modern Moral Order 3\u003cbr\u003e 2 What Is a \"\u003cbr\u003eSocial Imaginary\"\u003cbr\u003e? 23\u003cbr\u003e 3 the Specter of idealism 31\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Great Disembedding 49\u003cbr\u003e 5 The Economy as Objectified Reality 69\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Public Sphere 83\u003cbr\u003e 7 Public and Private 101\u003cbr\u003e 8 The Sovereign People 109\u003cbr\u003e 9 An All-Pervasive Order 143\u003cbr\u003e 10 The Direct-Access Society 155\u003cbr\u003e 11 Agency and Objectification 163\u003cbr\u003e 12 Modes of Narration 175\u003cbr\u003e 13 The Meaning of Secularity 185\u003cbr\u003e 14 Provincializing Europe 195\u003cbr\u003e Notes 197\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52653202047256,"sku":"9780822332930","price":17.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modern-social-imaginaries-paperback-softback-9780822332930","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}