Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, Deep Dive Part 1
Jan 01, 20230•Season 1Ep. 3
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Summary
This episode begins a two-part deep dive into Charles Taylor's "A Secular Age," critiquing its focus and exploring major insights. It covers Taylor's definitions of secularity, the metaphor of wilderness, and the evolution of social order from hierarchy to modern individualism. The discussion also examines how economic values, geographic mobility, and the compulsion to create an earthly moral order contribute to a society grappling with its sense of community and personal identity.Episode description
Sections: Intro (00:00:38) The Context of Secularity (00:17:40) Deserts vs the Ordered Society (00:23:36) Utopia and the New Social Code (00:35:15) Monks and Microsoft Excel (01:02:25) Individualism (01:15:46) Closing (01:30:35)
Topics Discussed:
- wilderness vs society
- heirarchy
- heaven on earth
- belief in god
- John the Baptist
- Augustine
- Deism
- expressive individualism
- freedom as the ultimate value of the West
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