Humanism in Intercultural Perspective: Experiences and Expectations

ISBN-13: 9783837613445 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 280 str.

Henner Laass

Opis

This book is a breakthrough in illuminating humanism. For the first time it is presented in an intercultural perspective. It introduces Chinese, Indian, African, Islamic, and Western traditions into the intercultural discussion about basic issues of understanding the human world. By this means it recognizes different disciplinary perspectives: history, philosophy as well as religious, literary and gender studies. Special emphasis is put on the controversial relationship between humanism and religion. This complex network of argumentations is an answer to the challenge of cultural orientation at the age of globalization. Humanism is brought to life as a synthesis of transcultural values and a mutual and critical recognition of cultural differences.

Recenzje

Reviewed in: www.perspectivia.net, 16.12.2010, Patrick M. Labourdette PERIPHERIE, 121 (2011), Wolfgang E. Fischer

O autorze

Rüsen, JörnJörn Rüsen (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.) was Historian at the Universities Berlin (FU), Bochum, Bielefeld and Witten/Herdecke. Lastly he was Visiting Chair Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University.