Charles Taylor and the Construction of Identity in Today’s World

  Charles Taylor is a Canadian philosopher who’s been working on the idea of identity in the modern world. More specifically, he focused on how morality was built during the last century since this process marked a break from previous times. Today, the issue of identity is extremely relevant. However, this wasn’t the case in the past. It wasn’t until the 19th century onwards that the “I” became really important. Before this, a collective vision of the world and life prevailed. The “I” was merely one more element in the constellation of the group, not a decisive category, as is…