What Atheists and Monks Have in Common
The Secular World Is Just as “Imagined” as Any Religious Faith
It’s hard for me to think of a philosopher more important for my work than Charles Taylor. I’m a sociologist, and while most people don’t think of sociology as an especially philosophical discipline, if you dig a little beneath the surface, philosophy is actually all you’ll find. That’s not just true for sociologists either: It’s true for anyone who makes arguments about people, which is to say, everyone who’s ever been able to talk.
For example: Let’s say someone thinks her boss is a suck-up to her supervisor and …
