América

El ensayo que se traduce en este volumen, La etica de la autenticidad, segun el titulo de la edicion norteamericana, o El malestar de la modernidad, segun reza la primera version canadiense, es el ultimo libro publicado por el filosofo canadiense, es el ultimo libro publicado por el filosofo canadiense Charles Taylor 1931. y puede ser presentado como una culminacion de su obra mas extensa, Sources of the Self. The Making of Modern Identity. El trabajo de Taylor, profesor de filosofia en la Universidad de McGill, es exponente de una perspectiva hermeneutica que se encamina a la critica social...

El conflicto entre nuestros instintos y cuerpo de Homo sapiens y la vida que llevamos es cada vez mayor. ¿Qué humanidad estamos construyendo? Nuestra especie no era la única ni la más prometedora de las varias versiones de humanos en el planeta hace 200.000 años. Pero lo conquistó. Salió de su cuna en África y ocupó todos los continentes. Seleccionó y rediseñó al puñado de animales y vegetales de los que se alimenta. Se multiplicó una y mil veces. Hizo pueblos, ciudades, imperios, guerras, transportes, fábricas e ideas, muchas ideas. El Homo sapiens de hoy es el mismo animal,...

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