Who are we?: Modern identities between Taylor and Foucault

Philosophy and Social Criticism

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 533-553

  Weir, Allison ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Charles Taylor; Critique; Freedom; Identity; Meaning; Michel Foucault; Power; Self knowledge; Social being

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649115002     PISSN: 01914537     EISSN: 1461734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0191453709103426     Document Type: Article

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