Invention of Humanity - Equality and Cultural Difference in World History

About the author

Siep Stuurman is Emeritus Professor of the History of Ideas at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Summary

For much of history, strangers were seen as barbarians, seldom as fellow human beings. The notion of common humanity had to be invented. Drawing on global thinkers, Siep Stuurman traces ideas of equality and difference across continents and civilizations, from antiquity to present-day debates about human rights and the “clash of civilizations.”

Product details

• Authors: Siep Stuurman, Stuurman Siep
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2017
• EAN: 9780674971967
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97196-7
• No. of pages: 672
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, General & world history, Social & cultural anthropology, Social & political philosophy, General and world history