The malaise of modernity

The aim of this paper is to understand the culture of authenticity, a term used by Charles Taylor to refer to modernity. The so-called culture of authenticity generated three ailments still strongly present in contemporary society, they are: the primacy of instrumental reason, the exacerbated individualism and political atomism. We will present the emergence of such ailments and seek to understand why they became so strongly present in modern society, in this sense, our goal is to elucidate the influences of the authenticity culture in the contemporary period. From this perspective has not surpassed modernity, as we still live under the influence of their ideals, this takes shape as our main objective in this text. 1 Esse artigo é fruto das minhas pesquisas no mestrado, dessa forma agradeço ao meu orientador professor Dr. Paulo César Nodari e à Fapergs pelo incentivo na pesquisa. 2 Doutorando em filosofia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Rio Grande do Sul – Brasil. E-mail: odcamati@hotmail.com Griot : Revista de Filosofia v.13, n.1, junho/2016 ISSN 2178-1036 Os mal-estares da modernidade – Odair Camati Griot : Revista de Filosofia, Amargosa, Bahia – Brasil, v.13, n.1, junho/2016/www.ufrb.edu.br/griot 165