Encountering Others, Understanding Ourselves in Medieval and Early Modern Thought

by Nicolas, Mäkinen, Faucher

Recent research has challenged our view of the Abrahamic religious traditions as unilaterally intolerant and incapable of recognizing otherness in all its diversity and richness; but a diachronic and comparative study of how these traditions deal with otherness is yet to appear. This volume aims to contribute to such a study by presenting different treatments of otherness in medieval and early modern thought. Part I: Altruism deals with attitudes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110748681
• ISBN13: 9783110748680
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"