Exploring Humanity - Intercultural Perspectives on Humanism

The old humanistic model, aiming at universalism, ecumenism, and the globalization of various Western systems of values and beliefs, is no longer adequate - even if it pleads for an ever-wider inclusion of other cultural perspectives and for intercultural dialogue.In contrast, it would be wise to retain a number of its assumptions and practices - which it incidentally shares with humanistic models outside the Western world. We must now reconsider and remap it in terms of a larger, global reference frame. This anthology does just that, thus contributing to a new field of study and practice that could be called "intercultural humanism".

About the author

Prof. Dr. Jörn Rüsen ist Präsident des kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts im Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Essen und Professor für allgemeine Geschichte und Geschichtskultur an der Universität Witten-Herdecke.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sorin Antohi (Editor), Sorin Antohi u a (Editor), Chun-chie Huang (Editor), Chun-chieh Huang (Editor), Jör Rüsen (Editor), Jörn Rüsen (Editor), Mihai Spariosu (Editor), Mihai I. Spariosu (Editor)
• Publisher: V&R unipress
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9783847100164
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-0016-4
• No. of pages: 295
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 254 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 636 g
• Illustrations: with 6 figures
• Series: Reflections on (In)Humanity; Reflections on (In)Humanity 3; Reflections on (In)Humanity 003; Reflections on (In)Humanity; Reflections on (In)Humanity 003
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous