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  • Sources of the Self

    The Making of the Modern Identity

    by Charles Taylor ...
    “Taylor has taken on the most delicate and exacting of philosophical questions, the question of who we are and how we should live…and he has made this an adventure of self-discovery for his reader.” —Martha Nussbaum, New RepublicIn this extensive inquiry into the sources of modern selfhood, Charles Taylor demonstrates just how rich and precious those resources are. The modern turn to subjectivity, ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Cosmic Connections

    Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment

    by Charles Taylor ...
    A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the YearA major new work by Charles Taylor: the long-awaited follow-up to The Language Animal, exploring the Romantic poetics central to his theory of language.The Language Animal, Charles Taylor’s 2016 account of human linguistic capacity, was a revelation, toppling scholarly conventions and illuminating our most fundamental selves. But, as Taylor noted in ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Sayings of the Jewish Fathers

    by Charles Taylor ...
    "Sayings of the Jewish Fathers" is a collection of teachings, ethical maxims, and sayings attributed to Jewish sages from the early centuries BCE. This collection is also known as "Pirkei Avot" in Hebrew. However, I must clarify that "Sayings of the Jewish Fathers" is not written by Charles Taylor."Pirkei Avot" is a compilation of ethical and moral teachings from various Jewish scholars and sages, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Secular Age

    by Charles Taylor ...
    A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Tablet Best Book of the YearWinner of a Christianity Today Book Award“One finds big nuggets of insight, useful to almost anybody with an interest in the progress of human society.” —The Economist</... ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The Ethics of Authenticity

    by Charles Taylor ...
    “Charles Taylor is a philosopher of broad reach and many talents, but his most striking talent is a gift for interpreting different traditions, cultures and philosophies to one another…[This book is] full of good things.” —New York Times Book ReviewEverywhere we hear talk of decline, of a world that was better once, maybe fifty years ago, maybe centuries ago, but certainly before modernity drew us ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • A Secular Age

    by Charles TAYLOR ...
    The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean, and what, precisely, happens when a society becomes one in which faith is only one human possibility among others. ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Hegel

    by Charles Taylor ...
    A major and comprehensive study of the philosophy of Hegel, his place in the history of ideas, and his continuing relevance and importance. Professor Taylor relates Hegel to the earlier history of philosophy and, more particularly, to the central intellectual and spiritual issues of his own time. He sees these in terms of a pervasive tension between the evolving ideals of individuality and self ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Language Animal

    The Full Shape of the Human Linguistic Capacity

    by Charles Taylor ...
    “We have been given a powerful and often uplifting vision of what it is to be truly human.” —John Cottingham, The TabletIn seminal works ranging from Sources of the Self to A Secular Age, Charles Taylor has shown how we create possible ways of being, both as individuals and as a society. In his new book setting forth decades of thought, he demonstrates that language is at the center of this ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Watching

    by Charles Taylor ...
    Janine Devereaux, wife of wealthy African American businessman Arthur Devereaux, has been murdered. The police have written off the case as a robbery-homicide, but Janine's sister Marilyn holds Arthur responsible. When she hires George Eaton and Karla Bassett, Detroit private detectives and onetime lovers, they soon become aware of disturbing scrutiny of their investigation. As George grows more ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dance of Intrigue

    by Leo Charles Taylor ...
    It is a night of gaiety and dancing, and Elizabeth Darcy is pleased to have an evening of social frivolity planned. But, as she enjoys the company of her family and friends, her enemies learn of her true nature. It is with cunning and guile that she begins to ensnare these adversaries. She it intent that these men will not destroy her country. However, as dances are performed and words exchanged ... Read more

    $4.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Violence Raines

    by Leo Charles Taylor ...
    The game progresses and all the players are known. There is a spy in London, and while the Darcys continue to work against him they find that their own government is working against them. It is a battle of guile, deceit, and violence, and as when the murders and attacks begin, Darcy finds he has little choice but join in. When he does, violence will rain across London. ... Read more

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  • The Rivers North of the Future

    by David Cayley, Charles Taylor ...
    In The Rivers North of the Future David Cayley has compiled Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel. Illich's view, which could be summed up as the corruption of the best is the worst, is that Jesus' call to love more abundantly became the basis for new forms of power in the hands of those who organized and administered this New Testament. Illich ... Read more

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