How the Philosopher Charles Taylor Would Heal the Ills of Modernity

Enlightenment liberalism fragmented the world by neglecting the social nature of the self, Taylor contends, but the Romantics can tell us how to restore a shared sense of meaning and purpose.

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By Adam Gopnik, June 17, 2024, THE NEW YORKER

The philosopher Charles Taylor’s new book, ostensibly a study of Romantic poetry and music, is about nothing less than modern life and its discontents, and how we might transcend them, Adam Gopnik writes.