Charles Taylor

Democracia Republicana

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Produktbeschreibung

Defines what is essential to democracy beyond its institutional manifestations; namely, representative institutions, popular suffrage, and political parties. First presented in Chile in 1986, the essay foresees a republican solution for the problems generated by the neoliberal democratic system inherited from Pinochet's dictatorship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 109
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 157g
• ISBN-13: 9789560003249
• ISBN-10: 9560003240
• Artikelnr.: 36873221

Autorenporträt

Charles Taylor, professor emeritus at McGill University, is an internationally celebrated public philosopher who strives to bridge the gap between philosophical theories and political action. He is the author of many books, including Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity (1989), in which he attempts to articulate and to write a history of the "modern identity." He continued this theme in his 1991 Massey Lecture, "The Malaise of Modernity." In 2003, he was the first recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Gold Medal for Achievement in Research, in 2007 he won the Templeton Prize, and in June 2008 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in arts and philosophy. Charles Taylor is a Companion of the Order of Canada.