Altruistic Reconstructions: An Examination of Charles Taylor’s Philosophical Anthropology in Man of La Mancha (1972) and Zorba the Greek (1964)

Vahid Aghaei

doi:10.17879/satura-2018-2958

Altruistic Reconstructions

An Examination of Charles Taylor’s Philosophical Anthropology in Man of La Mancha (1972) and Zorba the Greek (1964)

Authors

Vahid Aghaei

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17879/satura-2018-2958

Keywords:

charles taylor, philosophical anthropology, man of la mancha, zorba the greek

Abstract

Narratives, both real and fictional, are a necessary means to learn about the past (upon which the present is predicated). Moreover, almost all narratives have the capacity of being reinterpreted or re-experienced in a new light. Jacques Derrida uses the term “binary oppositions” for conceptualising experiences within narratives.

Author Biography

Vahid Aghaei

Vahid Aghaei is in his fifth semester of the MA National and Transnational Studies: Literature, Culture, Language at the University of Münster. He has a BA and MA in English Language and Literature. His first MA thesis, “An Existentialist Reading of the Selected Short Stories by J. G. Ballard”, was completed in 2017. He is currently focusing on the literatures and life narratives of undocumented im/migrants in the US for his second MA thesis. Apart from literary studies, he is also interested in cultural, anthropological, and philosophical studies. He is also planning to translate some of the works of the critically acclaimed author, Reyna Grande, into Persian.

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Published

2020-08-17

How to Cite

Aghaei, V. (2020). Altruistic Reconstructions: An Examination of Charles Taylor’s Philosophical Anthropology in Man of La Mancha (1972) and Zorba the Greek (1964). Satura, 1, 29–34. https://doi.org/10.17879/satura-2018-2958