Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre on the Rise of Secular Modernity: Five Common Themes
Department
Philosophy Department
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2012-2013
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
Charles Taylor has continually argued, ever since his early work in phenomenology and philosophy of mind and action, that a deeply entrenched set of preconceptions about the nature of knowledge impedes modern reflections on human anthropology. His work has now culminated in A Secular Age (Harvard, 2007), his narrative of the rise of Western secularism. This paper highlights five themes from A Secular Age and compares them with the same or similar themes found in Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue trilogy. It briefly explores similarities and differences in the ways in which these two authors integrate the themes into their larger narratives. The five themes are:
Conference Name
International Society of MacIntyrean Enquiry 6th Annual Conference
Conference Location
Nottingham, England
ScholarWorks Citation
Moes, Mark, "Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre on the Rise of Secular Modernity: Five Common Themes" (2013). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 1124.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/1124
