What We Have Yet Failed to Achieve: A Study of Charles Taylor's Canadian Social Criticism

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Author/collaborator
Title
What We Have Yet Failed to Achieve: A Study of Charles Taylor's Canadian Social Criticism
Abstract
An examination of what the author calls the Canadian social criticism component of the work of Montreal-born, McGill University philosopher Charles Taylor (b. 1931). An internationally renowned scholar, Taylor's work has been much commented on. However, the author feels there is an imbalance of attention in the reception of his work between the ample commentary pertaining to his more abstract philosophical thought and the paucity of commentary concerning those aspects of his writing that carry more immediate practical relevance, i.e. his work in social criticism. After introducing a basic framework for 'interpretive social criticism', the author proceeds to situate different aspects of Taylor's criticism within contemporary debates, including the topic areas of democratic decline, consumerism, national unity and egalitarian politics.
Type
PhD dissertation
University
McGill University
Place
Montreal
Date
2009
# of Pages
iv-228p.
Language
en
URL
Citation
Gibson, Andrew John. “What We Have Yet Failed to Achieve: A Study of Charles Taylor’s Canadian Social Criticism.” PhD dissertation, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=86539&silo_library=GEN01.
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