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Early Modern Humanism and Postmodern Antihumanism in Dialogue

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This book employs perspectives from continental philosophy, intellectual history, and literary and cultural studies to breach the divide between early modernist and modernist thinkers. It turns to early modern humanism in order to challenge late 20th-century thought and present-day posthumanism. This book  addresses contemporary concerns such as the moral responsibility of the artist, the place of religious beliefs in our secular societies, legal rights extended to nonhuman species, the sense of 'normality' applied to the human body, the politics of migration, individual political freedom and international terrorism. It demonstrates how early modern humanism can bring new perspectives to postmodern antihumanism and even invite us to envision a humanism of the future. 

List of contents

Chapter 1. Is the Author Responsible? : James Helgeson.- Chapter 2. The Ethics for Antihumanism : George Hoffmann.- Chapter 3. Should We Practice Justice toward Non-Human Animals? Radical Animal Interests, Humanism and Classical Justice : Ullrich Langer.- Chapter 4. What Came before, What Comes after Normal? Some Humanist and Post-Humanist Thoughts on the Concept of Normalcy: Kathleen Long.- Chapter 5. What is a Colony before Colonialism? Humanist and Antihumanist Concepts of Governmentality from Foucault to Montaigne : Tim Hampton.- Chapter 6. Humanists, Antihumanists, and Nouveaux Philosophes on What Makes us Free: Michael Randall.- Chapter 7. Can a Bomb Be Human? : Jan Miernowski.- Afterword : Jan Miernowski.

About the author

Jan Miernowski is Professor of French at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and Visiting Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland. His latest books include La Beauté de la haine (Droz, 2014) and an edited volume on the intersection between the grotesque and the sublime.

Summary

This book employs perspectives from continental philosophy, intellectual history, and literary and cultural studies to breach the divide between early modernist and modernist thinkers. It turns to early modern humanism in order to challenge late 20th-century thought and present-day posthumanism. This book  addresses contemporary concerns such as the moral responsibility of the artist, the place of religious beliefs in our secular societies, legal rights extended to nonhuman species, the sense of ‘normality’ applied to the human body, the politics of migration, individual political freedom and international terrorism. It demonstrates how early modern humanism can bring new perspectives to postmodern antihumanism and even invite us to envision a humanism of the future. 

Product details

Assisted by Ja Miernowski (Editor), Jan Miernowski (Editor)
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.2018
 
EAN 9783319812403
ISBN 978-3-31-981240-3
No. of pages 220
Dimensions 150 mm x 12 mm x 211 mm
Weight 334 g
Illustrations XXXI, 220 p.
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works

B, Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Religion and Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Moral Philosophy, justice;consciousness;conscience;morality;ethics

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