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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Three leading thinkers analyze the erosion of democracy's social
foundations and call for a movement to reduce inequality,
strengthen inclusive solidarity, empower citizens, and reclaim
pursuit of the public good. Democracy is in trouble. Populism is a
common scapegoat but not the root cause. More basic are social and
economic transformations eroding the foundations of democracy,
ruling elites trying to lock in their own privilege, and cultural
perversions like making individualistic freedom the enemy of
democracy's other crucial ideals of equality and solidarity. In
Degenerations of Democracy three of our most prominent
intellectuals investigate democracy gone awry, locate our points of
fracture, and suggest paths to democratic renewal. In Charles
Taylor's phrase, democracy is a process, not an end state. Taylor
documents creeping disempowerment of citizens, failures of
inclusion, and widespread efforts to suppress democratic
participation, and he calls for renewing community. Craig Calhoun
explores the impact of disruption, inequality, and transformation
in democracy's social foundations. He reminds us that democracies
depend on republican constitutions as well as popular will, and
that solidarity and voice must be achieved at large scales as well
as locally. Taylor and Calhoun together examine how ideals like
meritocracy and authenticity have become problems for equality and
solidarity, the need for stronger articulation of the idea of
public good, and the challenges of thinking big without always
thinking centralization. Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar points out that
even well-designed institutions will not integrate everyone, and
inequality and precarity make matters worse. He calls for
democracies to be prepared for violence and disorder at their
margins-and to treat them with justice, not oppression. The authors
call for bold action building on projects like Black Lives Matter
and the Green New Deal. Policy is not enough to save democracy; it
will take movements.
Death opens the gates to resurrection. The pathways to faith are
diverse, but all carry components of death and renewal. In Avenues
of Faith: Conversations with Jonathan Guilbault , Charles Taylor
takes readers through a handful of books that played a crucial role
in shaping his posture as a believer, a process that involved
leaving the old behind and embracing the new. In a dynamic
interview-style structure, Taylor answers questions from Jonathan
Guilbault about how each book has informed his thought. The five
sections of Avenues of Faith briefly introduce authors and their
principal works before delving into the associated discussion.
Taylor and Guilbault engage Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology
of Perception , Friedrich HAlderlin's Poems , Charles Baudelaire's
The Flowers of Evil , Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov ,
and Brother Amile's Faithful to the Future: Listening to Yves
Congar . By exploring themes such as faith, the church, freedom,
language, philosophy, and more, this book engages both literary
enthusiasts and spiritual seekers. Scholars of Taylor will
recognize the philosopher's continuation of his reflections on
modernity as he expresses his faith. Avenues of Faith gives readers
unprecedented access to a world-renowned philosopher's reflections
on the literary masterpieces that have shaped his life and
scholarship and that continue to stand the test of time.
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Times Literary
Supplement Book of the Year A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Tablet Best Book of the
Year Winner 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 "Taylor takes on the
broad phenomenon of secularization in its full complexity...[A]
voluminous, impressively researched and often fascinating social
and intellectual history." -Jack Miles, Los Angeles Times "A
Secular Age is a work of stupendous breadth and erudition." -John
Patrick Diggins, New York Times Book Review "A culminating dispatch
from the philosophical frontlines. It is at once encyclopedic and
incisive, a sweeping overview that is no less analytically rigorous
for its breadth." -Steven Hayward, Cleveland Plain Dealer "[A]
thumping great volume." -Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian "Very
occasionally there appears a book destined to endure. A Secular Age
is such a book." -Edward Skidelsky, Daily Telegraph "It is
refreshing to read an inquiry into the condition of religion that
is exploratory in its approach." -John Gray, Harper's "A Secular
Age represents a singular achievement." -Christopher J. Insole,
Times Literary Supplement "A determinedly brilliant new book."
-London Review of Books
The Explanation of Behaviour was the first book written by the
renowned philosopher Charles Taylor. A vitally important work of
philosophical anthropology, it is a devastating criticism of the
theory of behaviourism, a powerful explanatory approach in
psychology and philosophy when Taylor's book was first published.
However, Taylor has far more to offer than a simple critique of
behaviourism. He argues that in order to properly understand human
beings, we must grasp that they are embodied, minded creatures with
purposes, plans and goals, something entirely lacking in
reductionist, scientific explanations of human behaviour. Taylor's
book is also prescient in according a central place to non-human
animals, which like human beings are subject to needs, desires and
emotions. However, because human beings have the unique ability to
interpret and reflect on their own actions and purposes and declare
them to others, Taylor argues that human experience differs to that
of other animals. Furthermore, the fact that human beings are often
directed by their purposes has a fundamental bearing on how we
understand the social and moral world. Taylor's classic work is
essential reading for those in philosophy and psychology as well as
related areas such as sociology and religion. This Routledge
Classics edition includes a new Preface by the author and a new
Foreword by Alva Noe, setting the book in philosophical and
historical context.
The Explanation of Behaviour was the first book written by the
renowned philosopher Charles Taylor. A vitally important work of
philosophical anthropology, it is a devastating criticism of the
theory of behaviourism, a powerful explanatory approach in
psychology and philosophy when Taylor's book was first published.
However, Taylor has far more to offer than a simple critique of
behaviourism. He argues that in order to properly understand human
beings, we must grasp that they are embodied, minded creatures with
purposes, plans and goals, something entirely lacking in
reductionist, scientific explanations of human behaviour. Taylor's
book is also prescient in according a central place to non-human
animals, which like human beings are subject to needs, desires and
emotions. However, because human beings have the unique ability to
interpret and reflect on their own actions and purposes and declare
them to others, Taylor argues that human experience differs to that
of other animals. Furthermore, the fact that human beings are often
directed by their purposes has a fundamental bearing on how we
understand the social and moral world. Taylor's classic work is
essential reading for those in philosophy and psychology as well as
related areas such as sociology and religion. This Routledge
Classics edition includes a new Preface by the author and a new
Foreword by Alva Noe, setting the book in philosophical and
historical context.
This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and
political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and
theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America's
public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot-button issues,
shrill polemics, and sloganeering that so often dominate
discussions of religion and public life, the contributors address
such subjects as how religious understandings have shaped the moral
landscape of contemporary culture, the possible contributions of
theologically-informed argument to contemporary public life,
religious and moral discourse in a pluralistic society, and the
proper relationship between religion and culture. Indeed, in the
conviction that serious conversation about the type of questions
being explored in this volume is in short supply today, this volume
is organized in a manner designed to foster authentic dialogue.
Each of the book's four sections consists of an original essay by
an eminent scholar focusing on a specific aspect of the problem
that is the volume's focus followed by three responses that
directly engage its argument or explore the broader problematic it
addresses. The volume thus takes the form of a dialogue in which
the analyses of four eminent scholars are each engaged by three
interlocutors.
This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and
political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and
theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America's
public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot button issues,
shrill polemics and sloganeering that so often dominate discussions
of religion and public life, the authors address such questions as
how religious understandings have shaped the moral landscape of
contemporary culture; the possible contributions of theology and
theologically informed moral argument to contemporary public life;
the problem of religious and moral discourse in a pluralistic
society; and the proper relationship between religion and culture.
Indeed, in the conviction that serious conversation about the type
of questions being explored in this volume is in short supply
today, this volume is organized in a manner designed to foster
authentic dialogue.Each of the book's four sections consists of an
original essay by an eminent scholar focusing on a specific aspect
of the problem that is the volume's focus followed by three
responses that directly engage its argument or explore the broader
problematic it addresses. The volume thus takes the form of a
dialogue in which the analyses of four eminent scholars are each
engaged by three interlocutors.
Comprehensive Reference Work on Multivariate Analysis and Its
Applications The first edition of this book, by Mardia, Kent and
Bibby, has been widely used globally for over 40 years. This second
edition brings many topics up to date, with a special emphasis on
recent developments. A wide range of material in multivariate
analysis is covered, including the classical themes of multivariate
normal theory, multivariate regression, inference, multidimensional
scaling, factor analysis, cluster analysis and principal component
analysis. The book also now covers modern developments such as
graphical models, robust estimation, statistical learning, and
high-dimensional methods. The book expertly blends theory and
application, providing numerous worked examples and exercises at
the end of each chapter. The reader is assumed to have a basic
knowledge of mathematical statistics at an undergraduate level
together with an elementary understanding of linear algebra. There
are appendices which provide a background in matrix algebra, a
summary of univariate statistics, a collection of statistical
tables and a discussion of computational aspects. The work includes
coverage of: Basic properties of random vectors, normal
distribution theory, and estimation Hypothesis testing,
multivariate regression, and analysis of variance Principal
component analysis, factor analysis, and canonical correlation
analysis Cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling New advances
and techniques, including statistical learning, graphical models
and regularization methods for high-dimensional data Although
primarily designed as a textbook for final year undergraduates and
postgraduate students in mathematics and statistics, the book will
also be of interest to research workers and applied scientists.
Everywhere 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 along its dubious path. While some lament
the slide of Western culture into relativism and nihilism and
others celebrate the trend as a liberating sort of progress,
Charles Taylor calls on us to face the moral and political crises
of our time, and to make the most of modernity’s challenges.
“The great merit of Taylor’s brief, non-technical, powerful
book…is the vigor with which he restates the point which Hegel
(and later Dewey) urged against Rousseau and Kant: that we are only
individuals in so far as we are social…Being authentic, being
faithful to ourselves, is being faithful to something which was
produced in collaboration with a lot of other people…The core of
Taylor’s argument is a vigorous and entirely successful criticism
of two intertwined bad ideas: that you are wonderful just because
you are you, and that ‘respect for difference’ requires you to
respect every human being, and every human culture—no matter how
vicious or stupid.†—Richard Rorty, London Review of Books
"An urgent manifesto for the reconstruction of democratic belonging
in our troubled times." -Davide Panagia Across the world,
democracies are suffering from a disconnect between the people and
political elites. In communities where jobs and industry are
scarce, many feel the government is incapable of understanding
their needs or addressing their problems. The resulting frustration
has fueled the success of destabilizing demagogues. To reverse this
pattern and restore responsible government, we need to reinvigorate
democracy at the local level. But what does that mean? Drawing on
examples of successful community building in cities large and
small, from a shrinking village in rural Austria to a neglected
section of San Diego, Reconstructing Democracy makes a powerful
case for re-engaging citizens. It highlights innovative grassroots
projects and shows how local activists can form alliances and
discover their own power to solve problems.
During WWII, Iowans of the "Mighty Eighth" Air Force were based in
England from 1942 to 1946, a year after the end of WWII. Ground
crews labored endlessly to keep aircraft flyable by scavenging and
often manufacturing parts until supply lines could be established.
Aircrews flew in un-pressurized, unheated, piston-engine airplanes
where temperatures inside the aircraft reached sixty degrees below
zero. Read the experiences of over three hundred Iowa veterans of
the greatest air armada ever assembled, Iowans of the The
Might Eighth.
During WWII, Iowans of the "Mighty Eighth" Air Force were based in
England from 1942 to 1946, a year after the end of WWII. Ground
crews labored endlessly to keep aircraft flyable by scavenging and
often manufacturing parts until supply lines could be established.
Aircrews flew in un-pressurized, unheated, piston-engine airplanes
where temperatures inside the aircraft reached sixty degrees below
zero. Read the experiences of over three hundred Iowa veterans of
the greatest air armada ever assembled, "Iowans of the The Might
Eighth".
How can people of diverse religious, historical, ethnic, and
linguistic allegiances and identities live together without
committing violence, inflicting suffering, or oppressing each
other? Western civilization has long understood this dilemma as a
question of toleration, yet the logic of toleration and the logic
of multicultural rights entrenchment are two very different things.
In this volume, contributors suggest we also think beyond
toleration to mutual respect, practiced before the creation of
modern multiculturalism in the West. Salman Rushdie reflects on the
once mutually tolerant Sufi-Hindu culture of Kashmir. Ira
Katznelson follows with an intellectual history of toleration as a
layered institution in the West and councils against assuming we
have transcended the need for such tolerance. Charles Taylor
advances a new approach to secularism in our multicultural world,
and Akeel Bilgrami responds by urging caution against making it
difficult to condemn or make illegal dangerous forms of
intolerance. The political theorist Nadia Urbanati explores why the
West did not pursue Cicero's humanist ideal of concord as a
response to religious discord.The volume concludes with a
refutation of the claim that toleration was invented in the West
and is alien to non-Western cultures.
A new edition of the highly acclaimed book "Multiculturalism and
"The Politics of Recognition,"" this paperback brings together an
even wider range of leading philosophers and social scientists to
probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism.
Charles Taylor's initial inquiry, which considers whether the
institutions of liberal democratic government make room--or should
make room--for recognizing the worth of distinctive cultural
traditions, remains the centerpiece of this discussion. It is now
joined by Jurgen Habermas's extensive essay on the issues of
recognition and the democratic constitutional state and by K.
Anthony Appiah's commentary on the tensions between personal and
collective identities, such as those shaped by religion, gender,
ethnicity, race, and sexuality, and on the dangerous tendency of
multicultural politics to gloss over such tensions. These
contributions are joined by those of other well-known thinkers, who
further relate the demand for recognition to issues of
multicultural education, feminism, and cultural separatism.
Praise for the previous edition: "
This accessible volume offers a unique set of research exemplars
for science, mathematics and technology educators. The volume
explores the important challenge of how to translate leading-edge
methodologies into practical research strategies and techniques. It
is the first book on the market that deals specifically with
postmodern approaches to research in the field of science education
and is a tightly edited volume that provides a coherent treatment
of the issues.
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 also explores the invention of technology, the road from
hospitality to the hospital, the criminalization of sin, the church
as the template of the modern state, and the death of nature.
Illich's analysis of contemporary society as a congealed and
corrupted Christianity is both a bold historical hypothesis and a
call to believers to re-invent the Christian church. With a
foreword by Charles Taylor. Ivan Illich (1926-2002) was a brilliant
polymath, an iconoclastic thinker, and a prolific writer. He was a
priest, vice-rector of a university, founder of the Centre for
Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and author of
numerous books, including Deschooling Society, Tools for
Conviviality, Energy and Equity, and Medical Nemesis.
There are, always, more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt
of in one's philosophy-and in these essays Charles Taylor turns to
those things not fully imagined or avenues not wholly explored in
his epochal A Secular Age. Here Taylor talks in detail about
thinkers who are his allies and interlocutors, such as Iris
Murdoch, Alasdair MacIntyre, Robert Brandom, and Paul Celan. He
offers major contributions to social theory, expanding on the
issues of nationalism, democratic exclusionism, religious
mobilizations, and modernity. And he delves even more deeply into
themes taken up in A Secular Age: the continuity of religion from
the past into the future; the nature of the secular; the folly of
hoping to live by "reason alone"; and the perils of moralism. He
also speculates on how irrationality emerges from the heart of
rationality itself, and why violence breaks out again and again. In
A Secular Age, Taylor more evidently foregrounded his Catholic
faith, and there are several essays here that further explore that
faith. Overall, this is a hopeful book, showing how, while
acknowledging the force of religion and the persistence of violence
and folly, we nonetheless have the power to move forward once we
have given up the brittle pretensions of a narrow rationalism.
What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost
everyone would agree that we--in the West, at least--largely do.
And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed
profoundly in the last few centuries. In what will be a defining
book for our time, Charles Taylor takes up the question of what
these changes mean--of what, precisely, happens when a society in
which it is virtually impossible not to believe in God becomes one
in which faith, even for the staunchest believer, is only one human
possibility among others. Taylor, long one of our most insightful
thinkers on such questions, offers a historical perspective. He
examines the development in "Western Christendom" of those aspects
of modernity which we call secular. What he describes is in fact
not a single, continuous transformation, but a series of new
departures, in which earlier forms of religious life have been
dissolved or destabilized and new ones have been created. As we see
here, today's secular world is characterized not by an absence of
religion--although in some societies religious belief and practice
have markedly declined--but rather by the continuing multiplication
of new options, religious, spiritual, and anti-religious, which
individuals and groups seize on in order to make sense of their
lives and give shape to their spiritual aspirations. What this
means for the world--including the new forms of collective
religious life it encourages, with their tendency to a mass
mobilization that breeds violence--is what Charles Taylor grapples
with, in a book as timely as it is timeless.
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