Visions of Humanity - Historical Cultural Practices Since 1850

This book offers a critical reflection of the historical genesis, transformation, and problématique of "humanity" in the transatlantic world, with a particular eye on cultural representations. "Humanity," the essays show, was consistently embedded in networks of actors and cultural practices, and its meanings have evolved in step with historical processes such as globalization, cultural imperialism, the transnationalization of activism, and the spread of racism and nationalism. Visions of Humanity applies a historical lens on objects, sounds, and actors to provide a more nuanced understanding of the historical tensions and struggles involved in constructing, invoking, and instrumentalizing the "we" of humanity.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Sönke Kunkel is assistant professor of North American history at Freie Universität Berlin. He has published widely on the history of humanitarianism and development and is the author of Empire of Pictures: Global Media and the 1960s Remaking of American Foreign Policy (Berghahn, 2015).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Soenke Gienow-Hecht Kunkel, Sonke Gienow-Hecht Kunkel, Sonke Gienow-Hecht Kunkel Kunkel
• Mitarbeit: Jessica C E Gienow-Hecht (Herausgeber), Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht (Herausgeber), Jessica C.E. Gienow-Hecht (Herausgeber), Sebastian Jobs (Herausgeber), Jobs Sebastian (Herausgeber), Sönke Kunkel (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781805390848
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-084-8
• Seiten: 318
• Serien: Explorations in Culture and International History; Explorations in Culture and In
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, International Relations, Social and cultural history, History (General); Cultural Studies (General)