Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, Deep Dive Part 1

Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, Deep Dive Part 1

Part 1 of an in-depth discussion of key themes in A Secular Age

Show notes

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

Outline

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Music by The IMG, accessed 12/22 at https://archive.org/details/Kaleidoscope_1819-19494

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