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Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity

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  • Taylor, Charles
    In Charles Taylor: The modern self

    In 1989 Taylor published Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity, which explored the multiplicity of the self, or the human subject, in the modern Western world. Taking a historical perspective, Taylor showed that several strands and sources have gone into making the modern identity. A…

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