Rethinking the Human

Informationen zum Autor J. Michelle Molina is Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies at Northwestern University. Donald K. Swearer is Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Harvard Divinity School’s Center for the Study of World Religions and Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Swarthmore College. Michael J. Puett is Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University. Lila Abu-Lughod is the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University, where she teaches anthropology and women's studies. Charles Hallisey is Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures at Harvard University. Klappentext In our globalized world! differing conceptions of human nature and human values raise questions as to whether universal and partisan claims and perspectives can be reconciled! whether interreligious and intercultural conversations can help build human community! and whether a pluralistic ethos can transcend uncompromising notions as to what is true! good! and just. In this volume! world-class scholars from religious studies! the humanities! and the social sciences explore what it means to be human through a multiplicity of lives in time and place as different as fourth-century BCE China and the world of an Alzheimer patient today. Refusing the binary! these essays go beyond description to theories of aging and acceptance! ethics in caregiving! and the role of ritual in healing the inevitable divide between the human and the ideal. Zusammenfassung In this volume, world-class scholars from religious studies, the humanities, and the social sciences explore what it means to be human through a multiplicity of lives in time and place. These essays develop theories of aging and acceptance, ethics in caregiving, and the role of ritual in healing the divide between the human and the ideal.

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• Authors: Veena Das, Arthur Kleinman, J. Michelle Molina, J. Michelle Das Molina, J. Michelle Swearer Molina, Michael Puett, Donald K Swearer
• Assisted by: J. Michelle Molina (Editor), Molina J. Michelle (Editor), Donald K. Swearer (Editor), Swearer Donald K. (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2010
• EAN: 9780945454441
• ISBN: 978-0-945454-44-1
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Studies in World Religions; Studies in World Religions; Studies in World Religions - HUP
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy