One 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 "Modern Social Imaginaries, " 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.
Retelling 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, "Modern Social Imaginaries" 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.
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