The Malaise of Modernity

<p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Malaise of Modernity</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)> Charles Taylor focuses on the key modern concept of self-fulfillment often attacked as the central support of what Christopher Lasch has called the culture of narcissism. To Taylor self-fulfillment although often expressed in self-centered ways isn't necessarily a rejection of traditional values and social commitment; it also reflects something authentic and valuable in modern culture. Only by distinguishing what is good in this modern striving from what is socially and politically dangerous Taylor says can our age be made to deliver its promise.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>In his 1991 CBC Massey Lectures philosopher Charles Taylor elucidates the modern concept of self-fulfilment.</span></p><p><br></p>