2006
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-69092006000100008
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O mal-estar contemporâneo na perspectiva de Charles Taylor

Abstract: ApresentaçãoEm uma sociedade complexa, recortada por múltiplos e conflitivos princípios de justiça, o individualismo, entendido nos termos em que Tocqueville (1968, p. 242) o define, aparece como importante via de preservação vital. Ao mostrar como, nos "séculos da igualdade", todos buscam em si mesmos o fundamento de suas crenças e a referência para seus sentimentos, Tocqueville enfatiza a distinção entre individualismo e egoísmo.Este, afirma ele, é um vício tão antigo como o mundo, que nasce de um instinto c… Show more

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“…In brief, change always occurs by relying in part on the set of rules that give it consistency or recognition, which is true for both language and culture. From this perspective, we do not agree with Oliveira (2006) in what she considers as an argument for the conception of a fixed cultural good in Taylor's theory, which would risk resulting in fundamentalism. If it were so, Taylor (1989Taylor ( /2013 would not have undertaken the genealogy of the formation of the modern Western self, which deals precisely with this path towards moral horizons, with their changes and permanences.…”
Section: Identity As Orientationmentioning
confidence: 66%
“…In brief, change always occurs by relying in part on the set of rules that give it consistency or recognition, which is true for both language and culture. From this perspective, we do not agree with Oliveira (2006) in what she considers as an argument for the conception of a fixed cultural good in Taylor's theory, which would risk resulting in fundamentalism. If it were so, Taylor (1989Taylor ( /2013 would not have undertaken the genealogy of the formation of the modern Western self, which deals precisely with this path towards moral horizons, with their changes and permanences.…”
Section: Identity As Orientationmentioning
confidence: 66%
“…Uma interessante leitura da obra de Taylor, com ênfase na questão do mal-estar contemporâneo e em confronto, em alguns aspectos, com Sennett, encontra-se no artigo deOliveira (2006).…”
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