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Charles Taylor e o seu diagnóstico das maleitas da modernidade
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Pretendemos convocar aqui a avaliação crítica da cultura moderna ocidental que Charles Taylor realiza, a
partir da sua obra a Ética da Autenticidade, ao caracterizar o mal-estar da modernidade pela perda de
horizontes de significado, nomeadamente, pela substituição de uma ordem cósmica que sustentava as
hierarquias sociais, por um individualismo subjetivista e relativista. Nessa nova avaliação o sentimento de
mal-estar que perscruta a modernidade passa agora a ser compreendido, também, como a primazia da razão
instrumental sobre a vida dos indivíduos e pela perda de liberdade sustentada por esse esbater dos
horizontes morais. A partir do diagnóstico destas três maleitas Taylor destaca o princípio de vitalidade da
modernidade: a autenticidade. O Autor não se detém no debate em torno da modernidade, mas pretende
compreender as fontes morais da nossa civilização ocidental, muitas vezes ocultadas nesse debate, de forma
a empreendermos "um trabalho de regeneração" dos ideais da modernidade.
ABSTRACT: We intend here to summon up Charles Taylor's critical assessment of modern Western culture, based on his work The Ethics of Authenticity, by characterizing the malaise of modernity by the loss of horizons of meaning, namely by the replacement of a cosmic order that sustained social hierarchies, by a subjectivist and relativist individualism. Within this new framework, the feeling of unease that haunts modernity is now also understood as the primacy of instrumental reason over the lives of individuals and the loss of freedom sustained by this blurring of moral horizons. From the diagnosis of these three maladies, Taylor emphasizes the principle of modernity's vitality: authenticity. The author does not dwell on the debate surrounding modernity but aims to understand the moral sources of our Western civilization, often hidden in this debate, so that we can undertake "a work of regeneration" of the ideals of modernity.
ABSTRACT: We intend here to summon up Charles Taylor's critical assessment of modern Western culture, based on his work The Ethics of Authenticity, by characterizing the malaise of modernity by the loss of horizons of meaning, namely by the replacement of a cosmic order that sustained social hierarchies, by a subjectivist and relativist individualism. Within this new framework, the feeling of unease that haunts modernity is now also understood as the primacy of instrumental reason over the lives of individuals and the loss of freedom sustained by this blurring of moral horizons. From the diagnosis of these three maladies, Taylor emphasizes the principle of modernity's vitality: authenticity. The author does not dwell on the debate surrounding modernity but aims to understand the moral sources of our Western civilization, often hidden in this debate, so that we can undertake "a work of regeneration" of the ideals of modernity.
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Modernidade Autenticidade Reconhecimento Ética Individualismo Identidade Charles Taylor
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Fontes, P. (2024). Charles Taylor e o seu diagnóstico das maleitas da modernidade. “Revista Fundamento“, 24, 29-43.