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Ann Swidler, Charles Taylor, expressive individualism, Georg Simmel, Isaiah Berlin, Richard Madsen, Robert Bellah, Steven M. Tipton, William M. Sullivan
The contemporary world (and not just the Western world) continues to feel the power of the ethical ideal that proclaims “be yourself”, which I wrote about in detail) five years ago. I stand by most of what I said about this ideal: it remains philosophically under-studied, it remains pervasive, and I continue to find it persuasive.
What I have come to question over those five years, though, is the name I gave to that ideal.
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