Faith and Law The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
Sep 25, 2020
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At a time of dramatic turmoil and change on all fronts in society -- from the status of the nation state to identity politics to educations to the nature of morality -- the question arises: Is there any unifying narrative that allows us to make some sense of the chaos? The answer is yes, that the underlying notion of human identity, what it means to be a 'self' has been transformed over the last three hundred years. Only as we grasp the dynamics of this transformation can we both come to understand what is happening in our world and begin to frame a helpful response.