Approaching Humankind - Towards an Intercultural Humanism

Every human life form encapsulates an idea of humankind and humanity. Today, this very idea is challenged by the various and diverging needs for cultural orientation in the age of globalization. One of the recent attempts to meet these challenges is provided by a new humanism with an intercultural intent. Such humanism can be conceptualized only by the collaborative efforts of different academic disciplines at exploring the human being as the gist of what is meant by humanity. Thus, this volume explores the pertinent fields of knowledge from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, anthropology, sociology, economy, psychology, neurobiology, history, and gender studies. Focusing on the guiding question of what is meant by being a human, the contributions of this volume encompass a fascinating spectrum of insights, which will orientate future discussions on humanity and 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: Sori Antohi (Editor), Sorin Antohi (Editor), Chun-Chieh Huang (Editor), Jörn Rüsen (Editor)
• Publisher: V&R unipress
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.06.2013
• EAN: 9783847100584
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-0058-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 245 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 654 g
• Series: Reflections on (In)Humanity; Reflections on (In)Humanity 6; Reflections on (In)Humanity; Reflections on (In)Humanity 6
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general)