Herder on Humanity and Cultural Difference - Enlightened Relativism

Informationen zum Autor Sonia Sikka is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. Zusammenfassung This book analyzes Herder's views on language! reason! morality! race and religion! as factors that define the human species and differentiate its cultural varieties. It discusses Herder's alleged cultural relativism and ethnic nationalism! as well as his critique of the Enlightenment and of Eurocentrism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on citation style; Abbreviations and works cited by title; Introduction; 1. The question of moral relativism; 2. Happiness and the moral life; 3. History and human destiny; 4. The concept of race; 5. Language and world; 6. The place of reason; 7. Religious diversity; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sonia Sikka, Sonia (University of Ottawa) Sikka, Sikka Sonia
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.04.2011
• EAN: 9781107004108
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00410-8
• Seiten: 294
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge