"We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of the others where we first discovered who we are, we are still haunted by the weirdness of our early attachments."
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About Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor is a Canadian philosopher and political theorist known for his work on political philosophy and the nature of multiculturalism. He was born in 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, and studied at McGill University and the University of Oxford. Taylor has written extensively on topics such as the philosophy of language, social behavior, and ethics. His influential works have reshaped the debate on identity, democracy, and the place of culture in modern societies.
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